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Why is CH3OH soluble in water?

what is the hydrogen bond?
why is an OH group considered polar?

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

methanol is soluble in water due to hydrogen bonding between methanol and water molecules.

There are 4 covalent bonds in a methanol molecule and 2 covalent bonds in a water molecule. In the molecule CH3OH, hydrogen bonding is present since hydrogen is covalently bonded to a more electronegative atom, oxygen.

we know that the O-H covalent bond is polar, due to the different electronegativities of hydrogen and oxygen.

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