Question

Acetic acid is soluble in water give reason

Answer 1

here is the answer...

acetic acid has only one carbon atom (accept carbo oxylic acid grp).....and its attached with methyl grp

since there is one carbon atom they are soluble in water without any hindrance

as the carbon atoms increases more hindrance occurs to get soluble in water .therefore as there's increase in carbon atom solubility decreases in water....

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:It is because,

Acetic acid contains only one carbon atom (which is present in the methyl group). So the compound faces no hindrance and is easily soluble in water.

If the number of carbon atoms increases the compound becomes more bulky,then its solubility in water decreases.