Biochemistry-Lehinger CH2
Home Intersection Biochemistry(2)Clathrates – crystalline compounds of nonpolar solutes and water (2) Number of ordered water molecules and therefore the magnitude of the entrophy decrease is proportional to the surface area of the hydrophobic solute enclosed within the cage of water molecules Free energy change for dissolving nonpolar solute in water is favorable Flickering clusters of water in bulk phase Highly ordered water form cages around Micelles – stable structure of amphipathic compounds in water Effect of solute concentration on the colligative properties of water is independent of chemical properties of the solute (depends on only on number of solute particles) Kw = [ H] [OH] = (55.5 M) (1.8 X 10-16M)
