Question

calculate the saturated aqueous solubility (Cw Sat) of the compound "Lindane".(gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane}

Answer 1

Lindane solubility in water is very low , as a result of different intermolecular interactions lindane and water , the first present intermolecular van der Waals interactions , by the presence of temporary dipoles and the second presents hydrogen bonding interactions , by water which makes it very difficult to solvate said compound. In the literature reported values ​​of solubility at 25 C of around 7.3 ppm and 12 ppm to 35 C, which is very low as already mentioned , this is one of the main reasons , so the Lindane is prohibited as insecticidal in all its forms