What effect does pOH have upon the Solubility of all Amines??

Question

What effect does pOH have upon the Solubility of all Amines??

Answer 1

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An increase in pOH will cause amines to become water soluble (polar) due to the nitrogen gaining a proton , resulting in hydrogen  bonding.

Increasing the pOH is the same as

Decreasing the pH.  or increasing the hydrogen ion concentration.

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pH is the "negative" log of the Hydrogen ion concentration, a decrease in pH is an increase in acidity.

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If the pOH were to decrease , resulting in an increase in Hydroxide  ion  concentration,, then amines become 'non-polar molecules , or oil soluble

This is an  increase in pH which is a decrease in Hydrogen ion concentration , or the solution becomes basic.

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Seems confusing , until you remember "p" is the  "negative " log of concentration so it is inverse .

Amines are the only class of organic molecules that do this .

It is just fun to say those things

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Solubility  is most often just a matter of how polar a molecule is, since polar molecules have a strong attraction to each other. Non- polar is not really attractive, they are just everything that is not polar. Non polar does not attract non-polar as much as it just gets pushed out of the way by polar molecules hanging close together.