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The OH on the end is slightly negative. Water is polar too, the hydrogens are positive and the oxygen is negative. Because both of the molecules have a net dipole movement (they have positive and negative ends) they attract each other and dissolve each other.

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Ethanol is more soluble in water because the hydroxyl (OH) group on the end of the alcohol can form Hydrogen bonds with the water molecules, where ethane is hydrophobic and causes the solution to be highly ordered compared to the previous

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Ethanol has the ability to form hydrogen bonds with water and itself due to the -OH bonds that are present, while dimethylether has Van der Waals that don't permit such bonds

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Because polarity of ethanol more close to water.

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Rthanol has a polar molecule.

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