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CH3CN major species present when dissolved in water

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Answer: CH₃CN and H₂O.

Step-by-step explanation:

1) The spieces present in a solution may be either the molecules, in case of covalent compounds, or ions, in case of ionic compounds that dissociate (ionize).

2) Both, CH₃CN and H₂O are covalent (polar covalent) substances, so they do not ionize and the spieces in the solution are the molecules per se.

3) In solution, the molecules of H₂O will solvate the molecules of CH₃CN, meaning that H₂O molecules are able to separate the molecules of CH₃N from each other, and so every molecule of CH₃CN will end surrounded by many molecules of H₂O.

This happens because the interaction between the polar molecules of the two different compounds is strong enough to overcome the intermolecular forces between the molecules of the same compound.

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