Chris asks…Why is methanol more soluble in water than diethyl ether?Is it just because the carbon chain is longer in diethyl ether?or are there other factors too?admin answers:Theres a saying that goes "like dissolves like".
Water is a polar molecule, meaning it will dissolve other polar molecules more easily. By looking at the structure of each you can see that methanol is more polar than diethyl ether, largely because of OH group of methanol, in which the hydrogen atom is more easily
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