Question

2 of 20 Which intermolecular force or bond is primarily responsible for the solubility of CH3OH in water? lonic bonding Hydrogen bonding Covalent bonding Dipole-dipole force lon-dipole force Navigator F10 F11 F12 PSC

Answer 1

Answer:

Hydrogen bonding

Explanation:

As a rule of thumb, "likes dissolve like", meaning polar solutes dissolve in polar solvents and nonpolar solutes in nonpolar solvents. In this case, water is polar (dipolar moment = 1.85 Debye) dissolves methanol which is also polar (dipolar moment = 1.69 Debye). Besides being dipoles, both molecules have atoms of Hydrogen with a covalent bond to more electronegative atoms of Oxygen. When this happens, stronger dipole-dipole interactions appear known as Hydrogen bonding. There is an electrostatic attraction between H (positive charge density) and O (negative charge density).