Chemistry · Colligative properties of dilute solutions: a relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, the elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure

Which one of the following forms micelles in aqueous solution above certain conc

Which one of the following forms micelles in aqueous solution above certain concentration?

  • A. Dodecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride
  • B. Glucose
  • C. urea
  • D. Pyridiniumchloride

Step-by-step solution

Micelles form from amphiphilic molecules (surfactants) with distinct hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts. Dodecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride has a long hydrophobic dodecyl chain and a hydrophilic quaternary ammonium head, making it a cationic surfactant that assembles into micelles above its critical micelle concentration. Glucose, urea, and pyridinium chloride lack such amphiphilic structure and do not form micelles.
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