In this video, I decide which solvents are the best! I consider their properties as solvents for chromatography, reactions, transferring as well as recrystallization. (This video is a reupload).

Leave a comment down below if you have any chemicals that you think should be included next time! Let me know if you disagree with my assessments!

Ok, so CO2 and benzene are not polar in terms of having a net dipole, but as a solvent, the polarity of their bonds (C=O polarized for CO2, and for benzene it is quadrupolar) is able to dissolve similar functional groups in polar molecules.

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