1. Imagine that you need to take a medicine that the doctor has prescribed for
you. Explain why scientists who developed that medicine would need to know
whether or not the compound in that medicine is polar. How might a polar
medicine behave differently as it dissolved in the body than a nonpolar medicine
would? Answer in 1 to 2 paragraphs. (10 points) Think about how polar and
nonpolar compounds might behave differently in the watery environment of your
stomach or bloodstream
Answer: Only non-polar medicines can diffuse across the membrane. non-polar drugs are lipid soluble, while polar drugs are water soluble, so polar drugs cant absorb through biological membranes.
