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"Alcohols, ethers and epoxides having less than or 5 carbon atoms are water soluble because they each have an oxygen atom capable of hydrogen bonding."
"Alcohols, ethers and epoxides having more than 5 carbon atoms are insoluble because the non-polar alkyl portion is too large to dissolve in water"
Source: Organic chemistry (second edition) by Janice Gorzynski Smith
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 12y ago1- Pentanol is more soluble than 1-Heptanol because the 1-Heptanol has more C's in the longest chain than Pentanol.
Pentanol = Ch3Ch2Ch2Ch2Ch2OH 5 Carbons
Heptanol = Ch3Ch2Ch2Ch2Ch2Ch2Ch2OH 7 Carbons
The more carbons, the less soluble in water.
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∙ 9y agoButanol is more soluble then pentanol due to the number of carbon atoms in the molecular chain. Butanol has four carbon atoms while pentanol has five carbon atoms.
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