Why is dimethylformamide a polar aprotic solvent?
1 Answer
Jan 17, 2015
Dimethylformamide is a polar aprotic solvent because it is a polar molecule and has no OH or NH groups.
The structure of dimethylformamide is
The polar C=O and C-N bonds make the molecule polar.
There are no O-H or N-H bonds, so the molecule is aprotic.
So, dimethylformamide is a polar aprotic solvent.
