Why are alkyl groups hydrophobic?

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Harsh
Nov 17, 2015

Alkyl groups are non polar due to almost similar electronegativity of carbon and hydrogen , and water is a polar solvent. Due to this alkyl groups are not soluble in water as they are non polar which makes them hydrophobic in nature.

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