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morphine and codeine solubility
« on: November 17, 2009, 11:19:19 AM »
Why is morphine soluble in NaOH? Is it because of the phenol group? Why is codeine not soluble in NaOH? It has got an OH and two O so it can make H-bonding with NaOH.
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