Why is ethyl alcohol soluble in water?

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Harsh
Nov 19, 2015

As we know LIKE DISSOLVES LIKE
Water is a polar solvent and has hydrogen bonding , so for any other compund to dissolve in water , it must posses Polarity or H-Bond.
Ethyl alcohol shows presence of hydrogen bonding as well as it is polar due to high EN of oxygen , due to this it is soluble in water.

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