Why ethanol is not soluble in water?
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A simplified solubility concept in chemistry is that, "like dissolves like", this is the reason why ethanol is soluble in water. ... Ethanol has a polar -COH group, which hydrogen bonds to water; which makes ethanol soluble. Ethane, which is composed, of carbon and hydrogen only has no polar group and is not water-soluble.
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A simplified solubility concept in chemistry is that, "like dissolves like", this is the reason why ethanol is soluble in water. ... Ethanol has a polar -COH group, which hydrogen bonds to water; which makes ethanol soluble. Ethane, which is composed, of carbon and hydrogen only has no polar group and is not water-soluble.