CAIE A-Level Chemistry A2 25.2.1 Terms Partition Coefficient Kpc Topic Practice

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Procaine is used as an anaesthetic in medicine. It can be synthesised from methylbenzene in five steps as shown in Fig. 7.1.

Fig. 7.1

Fig. 7.1

Explain what is meant by partition coefficient, KpcK_{\mathrm{pc}}.

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