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A Lipophilic Compound is a molecular compound that ...
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- See: Fluorocarbon, Lipophilic Virus, Lipid, Non-Polar Solvent, Ethyl Alcohol.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipophilicity Retrieved:2020-4-2.
- Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly"), refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene. Such non-polar solvents are themselves lipophilic (translated as "fat-loving" or "fat-liking" [1] ), and the axiom that "like dissolves like" generally holds true. Thus lipophilic substances tend to dissolve in other lipophilic substances, but hydrophilic ("water-loving") substances tend to dissolve in water and other hydrophilic substances.
Lipophilicity, hydrophobicity, and non-polarity may describe the same tendency towards participation in the London dispersion force, as the terms are often used interchangeably. However, the terms "lipophilic" and “hydrophobic” are not synonymous, as can be seen with silicones and fluorocarbons, which are hydrophobic but not lipophilic.
- Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly"), refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene. Such non-polar solvents are themselves lipophilic (translated as "fat-loving" or "fat-liking" [1] ), and the axiom that "like dissolves like" generally holds true. Thus lipophilic substances tend to dissolve in other lipophilic substances, but hydrophilic ("water-loving") substances tend to dissolve in water and other hydrophilic substances.
- ↑ Compendium of Chemical Terminology, [http://goldbook.iupac.org/L03572.html lipophilic, accessed 15 Jan 2007.
2019
- https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/disinfection/disinfection-methods/chemical.html
- QUOTE: Ethyl alcohol, at concentrations of 60%–80%, is a potent virucidal agent inactivating all of the lipophilic viruses (e.g., herpes, vaccinia, and influenza virus) and many hydrophilic viruses (e.g., adenovirus, enterovirus, rhinovirus, and rotaviruses but not hepatitis A virus (HAV) 58 or poliovirus) 49. Isopropyl alcohol is not active against the nonlipid enteroviruses but is fully active against the lipid viruses 72.