NH3, Alcohol, Glucose all are covalent compound yet they are soluble in water? how?
Answers
Answered by
0
NH3, Alcohol, Glucose are by no means ionic, but being covalent do not preclude polarity. After all, they have a bunch of hydroxyl groups hanging off them and they are eminently compatible with water. Organic compounds with fewer than about 4 carbons per hydroxyl group will be polar enough to be soluble in water.
Covalent:
but how can a covalent compound be soluble in water...its totally against Fajan rule
but they have lots of hydroxyl group which increase their polarity and this exception
but how can a oh- group generate polarity in those compound which is already h-bonded
it does that to form hydrogen bond
the compound is already having h-bonding and it ll again undergoes h-bonding
Similar questions