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Ethylamine is soluble in water, whereas aniline is not. accounts it..

Ethylamine is soluble in water, whereas aniline is not. accounts it..

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Anjali Ahuja
askIITians Faculty 234 Points
9 years ago
Hi Student
Ethylamine when added to water forms intermolecular H−bonds with water. And therefore it is soluble in water.
But aniline does not form H−bond with water to a very large extent due to the presence of a large hydrophobic −C6H5 group. Hence, aniline is insoluble in water.
H bond is shown here in diagram-->
261-2332_ethylamine.jpg
Zarreenrahman
13 Points
7 years ago
Since methylamine forms H_bond along with water therefore it is soluble in water .whereas aniline doesn`t forms H_ bond with water due to presence of large hydrophobic group.

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