1. Imagine that you need to take a medicine that the doctor has prescribed for you. Explain why scientists who developed that me
dicine would need to know whether or not the compound in that medicine is polar. How might a polar medicine behave differently as it dissolved in the body than a nonpolar medicine would? Answer in 1 to 2 paragraphs. (10 points) Think about how polar and nonpolar compounds might behave differently in the watery environment of your stomach or bloodstream. If you could please write 2 paragraphs, I would give Branlyist.
Answer: The compound in medicines should be non polar.
It is important for any drug to be able to dissolve itself through the cell membrane which consists of a lipid bi-layer, in order to diffuse in the body and circulate biologically, performing its function.
Non polar compounds are lipid soluble and therefore can dissolve in the lipid layers.
Polar compounds are water soluble and fail to cross the cell membrane.
Therefore scientists need to be sure of using compounds that are non polar in nature so they pass through the cell membrane and enter into the blood circulation of the body and perform its due function.
