Is triglyceried soluable to water and is it polor or nonpolor bonded?

Question

Is triglyceried soluable to water and is it polor or nonpolor bonded?

Answer 1

Yes it is soluble to water but we have to make it soluble as given below:

Water soluble mixed ester lubricants derived from triglycerides are

obtained by transesterifying a triglyceride with a low molecular weight

polyoxyethylene glycol in the presence of short-chain mono- or

dicarboxylic acids. The mixed ester compositions of this invention are

readily water soluble and are excellent lubricants for metalworking

operations. Water solubility is achieved with the present mixed ester

products even though they have higher triglyceride contents than

previously known ester lubricants.

Triglycerides are just fats, which have both nonpolar and polar parts. The areas with carbon-oxygen bonds are fairly polar, while the carbon-hydrogen bonded areas are nonpolar. Since there are extensive chains of carbon-hydrogen bonds in triglycerides, they are generally nonpolar and don't dissolve in water, a polar liquid. As the saying goes, "like dissolves like," and hence, nonpolar substances dissolve in nonpolar substances, polar in polar. In the case of water, you'll often hear of triglycerides and fats having "hydrophobic" tails, which refer to their hydrocarbon chains, and "hydrophilic" heads, which refer to their oxygen-carbon groups. The hydrophobic heads of triglycerides dissolve in water, but the hydrophobic tails do not.

Answer 2

It is not soluble in water. The nonpolar part of the molecule superbalances the polar esterbonds by far. Fat does not dissolve in water to a significant amount, whatsoever.  

Answer 3

hope its is soluble and its polar too...