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"Solubility: Soluble in water (>25 mg/ml), and DMSO (50 mM)."

It happens to be talking about a drug but that's irrelevant to my question. Does this solubility statement reasonably indicate that I can dissolve 10mg/ml in water and expect it to stay in solution? if possible, what does the dmso bit mean? (maybe mM is a typo of mL?)

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    $\begingroup$ Yes at least 25 mg should dissolve per ml of water. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a common organic solvent. $\endgroup$
    – MaxW
    Commented Mar 15, 2016 at 21:17
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    $\begingroup$ @MaxW You should post that as an answer. $\endgroup$
    – bon
    Commented Mar 15, 2016 at 22:06
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Yes.

The compound is soluble in water to at least 25 mg/ml - which is (obviously) the same as g/l. Presumably they didn't test at higher concentration.

Alternatively, it is soluble to 50 mM, i.e. mmol/l, in pure DMSO.

Why they would use different units is beyond me, but I would guess this has to do with the units conventionally used in the two experiments they've run.

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    – Yunfei Ma
    Commented Mar 15, 2016 at 22:31

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