Why is ethanol soluble in water?[4]

ibbyn

im really confused over this,any help guys?
cheers :biggrin:

Reply 1

Akbar2k7

Original post by ibbyn

im really confused over this,any help guys?
cheers :biggrin:

Ethanol is an alchohol

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Alcohols have an hydroxy(OH) group this group allows the formation of hydrogen bonds with water.

Ethanol on Ethanol hydrogen bonding.

This allows ethanol and water to be miscible.

Here for greater depth.

(edited 11 years ago)

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Reply 2

marcusfox

Original post by ibbyn

im really confused over this,any help guys?
cheers :biggrin:

I know there are a lot of questions that can't be answered by Googling, but this isn't one of them. :biggrin:

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 3

That Bearded Man

First response poster has this, but essentially if a Hydrogen is bonded to a strongly electronegative atom (Nitrogen, Fluorine or Oxygen) it can form hydrogen bonds, since both water and alcohols have an OH they can hydrogen bond with each other, this makes them miscible