Why ethyl alcohol is completely miscible with water?
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Both water and ethanol are polar and due to miscibility, Ethanol has OH groups capable of forming hydrogen bonds with the water molecule. ... Hydrogen bonds are formed when the oxygens attached to the alcohols form hydrogen bonds between the molecules and water. This explains the solubility of methanol.
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Ethanol has a polar –OH group, which hydrogen bonds to water; which makes ethanol soluble.Ethane, which is composed, of carbon and hydrogen only has no polar group and is notwater-soluble. 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. Miscible meaning mixing completely to form a homogeneous solution.
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