Q.Ethyl amine is soluble in water but Aniline does not.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Solubility of amines in water depends on their ability to hydrogen-bond with water molecules through the N–H and lone pair; a small alkyl group favours this, a large aromatic ring hinders it.
Ethylamine () has a small, polar ethyl group that does not obstruct hydrogen bonding between its group and water molecules, so it is completely miscible with water in all proportions (lower amines are always water-soluble). Aniline () has a large, bulky, hydrophobic benzene ring attached to nitrogen. This bulky non-polar ring (i) sterically hinders the amino group from approaching water molecules to form hydrogen bonds and (ii) the lone pair on N is partly delocalised into the ring by resonance, making …
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