The Total solution for NCERT class 6-12
Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water thanhydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses. Explain this fact.
Alcohols form H-bonds with water due to the presence ofтИТOH group. However, hydrocarbons cannot form H-bonds with water.
As a result, alcohols are comparatively more soluble inwater than hydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses.