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

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.

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  • Dr W
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago
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    (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
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    C              .

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