How to Dissolve Glyphosate? I am a microbiologist forming a growth media which has glyphosate in it. Unfortunately, I am having troubles dissolving it in water. At a .2M solution in 200ml of water, it is not completely dissolving. Does anyone know why this is chemically happening? Even upon adjusting pH and raising temperatures, I am unable to dissolve it.
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/glyphosate
If you have any ideas please let me know.
This structure has a phosphonic and a carboxylic acid moieties with a minimum number of carbon atoms. As such, it should be soluble in basic water to deprotonate at least one site