Which compound in each pair would be more soluble in water? Explain.
a. butane or 1-propanol

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Which compound in each pair would be more soluble in water? Explain.

a. butane or 1-propanol

Accepted Answer

All right. Hi, everyone. So this question is asking us which of cyclops cyclin all is expected to be more soluble in water. Now, here we have different answer choices. We have options. A through D options A and B propose that either of the two compounds is more water soluble because it can form hydrogen bonds with water. Whereas C and D propose that either of the two is expected to be more water soluble because it is nonpolar. So the main thing to recall here is the principle of like dissolves like and what that means is that molecules of the same or similar polarity are the only ones that will dissolve. So, in the context of this question, specifically, let's recall the structure of water or H two. Up. In this case, we have two bonds between one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. Now recall that these bonds are considered to be polar because there's a difference in electronegativity between oxygen and hydrogen. So because of this water is a polar solvent, which also means that only polar molecules can dissolve in it. This means that I can actually eliminate options C and D because both of them propose that either one of the two compounds in question cyclops or cyclo butanol is expected to be more water soluble because it is non po So the reason I can eliminate these is because a nonpolar molecule would not actually dissolve in a polar solvent like water. So before we get into the specific structures of cyclops and Cyclin, I want to recall are intermolecular forces or I MS for short recall that imf's are forces at play that make molecules gravitate towards each other. Now, water is specifically capable of what's known as hydrogen bonding or h bonding. For short. Now, each bonding is the second strongest IMF the f the strongest IMF is the ion dipole interaction between an ion and a polar compound. But in the case here of hydrogen bonding, which is the second strongest hydrogen bonding requires one hydrogen atom connecting directly to a highly electron element. Examples include nitrogen, oxygen and flurry. So in the context of water, water is capable of each bonding because it has hydrogen bound to the highly electron atom oxygen. And so the reason why it's important to talk about this is because the more similar the IMF of a given compound or to that of water, the more soluble it is going to be. So now lets go ahead and talk about the structures of cyclops and Cyclin, all cyclops is a five carbon molecule in which those five carbons are arranged in a ring So thats cyclops, whereas Cyclin all is a four carbon ring with the alcohol functional group. Now, alcohols, if you recall have a hydroxy or an oh group attaching to a carbon atom. So on one of the carbons of the cyclone butane ring is a hydroxy group. And notice what we have here. In the case of cyclo butanol, we happen to have hydrogen connecting to a highly electron element, particularly oxygen. So this means that cyclo butanol is polar and it can exhibit h bonding similar to the way that water does. So because cyclo butanol has a more similar IMF to water. It is therefore expected to be more soluble in water because cyclo butanol can hydrogen bond with water as well as other molecules of itself. Now cyclops on the other hand, is non polar because it is simply a hydrocarbon, right. And hydrocarbons being nonpolar cannot dissolve in polar solvents. So our answer here is going to be option b in the multiple choice Cyclo butanol is expected to be more water soluble because it can form hydrogen bonds with water and there you have it. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching and I hope you found this helpful.

Which compound in each pair would be more soluble in water? Explain.
a. butane or 1-propanol

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Which compound in each pair would be more soluble in water? Explain.a. butane or 1-propanol

Verified video answer for a similar problem:

Key Concepts

Polarity

Hydrogen Bonding

Functional Groups

Which compound in each pair would be more soluble in water? Explain.
a. butane or 1-propanol