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A Sample of Acetamide Is Added to a Mixture of Water

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A sample of acetamide is added to a mixture of water and octanol at a temperature of 298 K. If the equilibrium concentration of acetamide in the aqueous layer is 65 mmol dm-3, what is the concentration of the organic layer? The value of the coefficient for the partition of acetamide between octanol and water at this temperature is, expressed as a logarithm, log10K = -1.16.


A) 4.5 mmol dm-3
B) 75 mmol dm-3
C) 56 mmol dm-3
D) 207 mmol dm-3

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