Is Peanut Oil Amphipathic or Hydrophobic?

[lha08]

Homework Statement

Soap is amphipathic; it has a hydrophobic hydrocarbon and a polar carboxylate group. But here's where I'm getting confused; in oil, such as peanut oil for example, is it amphipathic or only hydrophobic?
I looked everywhere and in some books it says that its amphipathic because of its hydrocarbon chain and polar carboxylic group, while in others it says its strictly hydrophobic...but when we place oil in soap, it should form emulsions which suggests that its only hydrophobic but from a molecular point of view, shouldn't oil be amphipathic?

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[symbolipoint]

The word you are trying to use should be changed to something else. Amphi-What?

A vegetable oil (and also an animal oil or fat) will be hydrophobic. The ester functional group will hold two hydrophobic parts together, making one larger hydrphobic molecule.

 

[Borek]

The word you are trying to use should be changed to something else. Amphi-What?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=amphipathic