Give an explanation for each of the following observations:
b. 1-Propanol is soluble in water, but ethyl methyl ether is only slightly soluble.

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Give an explanation for each of the following observations:

b. 1-Propanol is soluble in water, but ethyl methyl ether is only slightly soluble.

Accepted Answer

All right, hello everyone. So this question says true or false two button all is soluble in water but die eo ether is insoluble. So first lets go ahead and actually draw out these compounds. Two butanol is a four carbon chain with a hydroxy group attached to carbon two to indicate that this compound is an alcohol. So here is the structure of two butanol. Whereas die ethel ether is one oxygen atom in between two ethyl groups or two carbon chains on either side of it. So with this in mind, let's go ahead and talk about solubility. Recall that the phrase like dissolves like discusses how the polarity of a solvent influences what sout are going to dissolve in it, right? If for example, the solvent happens to be polar, then salutes of the same polarity are going to dissolve in it water if you recall it is highly polar because of the bonds here in between oxygen and hydrogen. So because water itself happens to be a polar compound, polar substances are going to be able to dissolve in it. Now recall also that the more similar the intermolecular forces or imf's a molecule has to water, the more soluble it is going to be. So recall that water specifically is capable of hydrogen bonding because of these oxygen to hydrogen bonds that we see in the structure. So, substances that are polar and capable of hydrogen bonding are going to be more soluble in water than compounds that are polar but do not participate in hydrogen bonding. So, starting off by examining the structure of Tutino, I can see that there is a hydroxy group or an oh group, right. This oxygen to hydrogen bond allows for each bonding in the case of two butanol. Now, in the case of tonal right, it can form a hydrogen bond with other molecules of tutin as well as molecules of water. And T butanol happens to be polar because there is a difference in electronegativity between oxygen and hydrogen that are bound together and also carbon and oxygen. But if I look at die eoe DAO Ether happens to be polar as well because on either side of the oxygen atom are carbon oxygen bonds, which also happened to be polar because there's a difference in electron negativity between those two atoms. So this is to say that di eo ether happens to be polar, but it may not participate in hydrogen bonding to the extent that tu button all can't because oxygen, in this case, for diethyl ether does not have a hydrogen atom attached. So the long pairs of electrons on the oxygen and di ethyl ether can interact with the hydrogen atom of water only, right, we can compare this to oops to be no where the o group can both donate and receive a hydrogen bond, right. The hydroxy hydrogen can interact with the oxygen of water or of another molecule of two. But no, whereas the oxygen of the hydroxy group can interact with the hydrogen. So based on this information, we can actually conclude that the statement provided is false because both molecules in question here happen to be polar and therefore are actually soluble in water. So it's true that die eho ether may not be as soluble as tribute. No, because it does not participate in as many hydrogen bonds. But that does not mean it is insoluble because diho ether is still polar and there you have. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching. And I hope you found this helpful.

Give an explanation for each of the following observations:
b. 1-Propanol is soluble in water, but ethyl methyl ether is only slightly soluble.

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Give an explanation for each of the following observations:b. 1-Propanol is soluble in water, but ethyl methyl ether is only slightly soluble.

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Molecular Structure

Give an explanation for each of the following observations:
b. 1-Propanol is soluble in water, but ethyl methyl ether is only slightly soluble.