The reason for using 1-propanol as the solvent of choice for recrystallization is that triphenylphosphine oxide is more soluble in 1-propanol than the alkene product because triphenylphosphine oxide can use its oxygen to hydrogen-bond to 1-propanol, whereas the alkene has no hydrogen-bonding capability. Triphenylphosphine oxide, therefore, is removed based on its polarity and H-bonding ability. a. True
b. False

True

Explanation:

Hydrogen bonding is a bond that exists between hydrogen and a highly electronegative element such as oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine etc.

The greater solubility of the triphenylphosphine oxide owes to the hydrogen bonded interaction between it and the 1-propanol.

The alkene lacks such hydrogen bonded interaction because it does not have a highly electronegative atom in its structure.

Hence, triphenylphosphine oxide is removed based on its polarity and hydrogen bonding ability.

vanderwaal's forces of attraction are the electrostatic intermolecular forces that exist in a molecule due to the temporary or permanent dipoles that are developed in a molecule. in , the major intermolecular forces are dipole-dipole interactions as the molecule is polar (bent structure). so the vanderwaal's forces of interaction in between molecules are the permanent dipole-dipole interactions that develop due to the dipole that exists in between the polar h - s bond. the positively charged hydrogen atom is attracted towards the negative end of the dipole that is sulfur of the adjacent molecule. therefore, these forces of attraction are relatively stronger than that of london dispersion forces that exist in non polar molecules.

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