89. As the alkyl part goes on increasing in alcohol the solubility of alcohol in water a.goes on increasing b.remains constant c.decreases d.may increase or decrease

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Dileep Vishwakarma

2 years ago

The reason why the solubility decreases as the length of the hydrocarbon chain increases is because it needs more energy to overcome the hydrogen bonds between the alcohol molecules as the molecules are closely packed together as the size and mass increases.

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