Explain briefly why sulfur mustard is soluble in the lipid bilayer membranes that surround human cells and in many fatty hydrocarbon polymers, while thiodiglycol used to synthesize sulfur mustard is less soluble in these hydrophobic materials and has greater solubility in water?

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Explain briefly why sulfur mustard is soluble in the lipid bilayer membranes that surround human cells and in many fatty hydrocarbon polymers, while thiodiglycol used to synthesize sulfur mustard is less soluble in these hydrophobic materials and has greater solubility in water? 

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