Why is ethyl alcohol is soluble in water?
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Water is a polar solvent and has hydrogen bonding , so for any other compund to dissolve in water , it must posses Polarity or H-Bond. Ethyl alcohol shows presence of hydrogen bonding as well as it is polar due to high EN of oxygen , due to this it is soluble in water.Nov 19, 2015
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Water is a polar solvent and has hydrogen bonding , so for any other compund to dissolve in water , it must posses Polarity or H-Bond. Ethyl alcohol shows presence of hydrogen bonding as well as it is polar due to high EN of oxygen , due to this it is soluble in water.Nov 19, 2015