Question

Ionic compounds are generally insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. State true or false.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B

False

Ionic compounds are generally soluble in water but insoluble in organic solvents because water molecules being polar in nature breaks the ionic bond and interact strongly with positive-negative ions of the ionic compound. Hence, water dissolves the ionic compounds while the organic solvents such as toluene and chloroform are non-polar and hence cannot dissolve an ionic compound.