Alcohols are comparatively more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of comparable melecular masses. Explain this fact.

Explanation

Alcohols can formm H-bonds with water and can also break the H-bonds already existing between water molecules. Therefore, they are soluble in water.

On the other hand, hydrocarbons can neither form H-bonds with water nor ca break the H-bonds already existing between water molecules and hence are insoluble in water.