Question

What do you mean by polar protic and polar aprotic solvents? What are some examples of these?

Answer 1

Protic: H-Bond
Aprotic: No H-Bond

Explanation:

Polar Protic solvents are solvents that are capable of hydrogen bonding with the substrate in them. For example `H_2O, R-OH, R-NH_2, R_2-NH, HF, etc.`

As you know, molecules possessing a hydrogen on O, N or F can carry hydrogen bonds with other molecules.

Polar Aprotic solvents are solvents that cannot hydrogen bond with the substrate. For example, Acetone `CH_3-CO-CH_3`, Chloroform `CH_3Cl`, dichloromethane `CH_2Cl_2` etc.