Answer:
Water and alcohols both are polar in nature. When an
alcoholis dissolved in water, it forms hydrogen bonds with water by breakingthe
H-bonding already existing between the water molecules.
Hydrocarbons are non-polar in nature and
do not form H-bonds with water molecules. Therefore alcohols are readily
soluble in waterwhereas hydrocarbons are not.
Hydrogen bonding
among alcohol and water
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