Why are liquid alkyl halides immiscible in water?
1 Answer
Apr 16, 2016
The water molecules are unable to solvate the alkyl halides due to the strong hydrogen bonding between
Explanation:
Water exhibits strong hydrogen bonding due to the hydrogen atom being bonded to a highly electronegative oxygen atom.
The dipole-dipole interactions between water and alkyl halide molecules are not as strong to overcome the hydrogen bonding between water molecules.
