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At room temperature, adding 15 mL of liquid ethanol, CH3CH2OH, to 85 mL of water gives 15%(v/v) ethanol in water. A chemical reaction occurs when liquid 2-chloro-2-methylpropane (also called t-butyl chloride), (CH3)3CCl, is added to 15%(v/v) ethanol in water at room temperature; one of the reaction products is liquid ethyl t-butyl ether, CH3CH2OC(CH3)3. At room temperature, do you expect t-butyl chloride to be soluble in water? Justify your choice. At room temperature, do you expect the solubility of t-butyl chloride in water to be greater than, less than, equal to , or cannot be determined compared with the solubility of t-butyl chloride in 15% (v/v) ethanol in water? Justify your choice. At room temperature, do you expect ethyl t-butyl ether to be soluble in water? Justify your choice. At room temperature, do you expect the solubility of ethyl t-butyl ether in water to be greater than, less than, equal to , or cannot be determined compared with the solubility of ethyl t-butyl ether in 15%(v/v) ethanol in water? Justify your choice.

Explanation / Answer

a) Yes at room temp. t-butyl chloride is soluble in water because it is a polar molecule and water is a polar solvent. Like dissolves like.

b) The solubility of t-butyl chloride in water will be less than the solubility in 15% ethanol. 15% ethanol solution is more polar as compared to water. Hence more solubility of polar t-butyl chloride in 15% ethanol solution

c) Yes it will be soluble in water again for the same reason as a

d) This time it will be less in 15% ethanol than that in water. The reason being Hydrogen bonding. In pure water there will be more H bonding of ethyl t- butyl ether as compared to that in 15% ethanol. Hence more solubility in water

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