Ethanol is much more soluble in water than is ethyl ethanoate. Why? IMFA Favorite Answer?

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Ethanol is much more soluble in water than is ethyl ethanoate. Which one of the following statements correctly accounts for this?

A. Ethanol is a polar molecule, but ethyl ethanoate is non-polar
B. thanol is a non-polar molecule, but ethyl ethanoate is polar
C. A hydrogen bond forms between the hydrogen of the -OH group in ethanol and the oxygen of a water molecule
D. A hydrogen bond forms between the hydrogen of the -OH group in ethanol and the hydrogen of a water molecule.

Dr W · Accepted Answer

(A) NOT TRUE.  Ethanol has a dipole moment = 1.69.  Ethyl acetate has a dipole moment = 1.78.  Both molecules are fairly polar.
(B)  NOT TRUE:.. see (A)
(C) this is true.  note that ethyl acetate cannot form H bonds networks (you tell me why).
(D) NOT TRUE:  that's not how H bonds form

see this link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bond

God · Answer

C              .

Ethanol is much more soluble in water than is ethyl ethanoate. Why? IMFA Favorite Answer?

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