Is hexane or methanol more polar?

Answer 1

Ethanol is polar, as the non-polar OH group still exerts enough force over the rest of the chain to make the entire hydrocarbon dissolve. This trend continues with alcohols with one carbon (methanol) two carbons (ethanol) three carbons (propanol) and four carbons (butanol). However, butanol is only polar when the OH functional group is attached to a secondary carbon (i.e. butan-2-ol)

Hexane is always non-polar, as it is a symmetrical hydrocarbon (like most of them) which means that all forces cancel each other out.

So ethanol is more polar than hexane.

Answer 2

Methanol is more polar than hexane. Methanol has a hydroxyl group (-OH) that imparts polarity due to the electronegativity difference between oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Hexane, on the other hand, is a hydrocarbon with only nonpolar C-H bonds, making it less polar than methanol.

Answer 3

di-ethyl ether is more polar than n-hexane

Answer 4

Yes, ethyl acetate is more polar than the hydrocarbon hexane.

Answer 5

While both are considered polar molecules, acetone is more polar.

Answer 6

Methanol is far more polar than hexane.

Hexane is nonpolar.

Answer 7

Nope, hexane is very non-polar.

Answer 8

Acetone.