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Explain giving reasons: (i) Alcohols a...

Explain giving reasons:
(i) Alcohols are more soluble in water than hydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses.
(ii) Boiling point of propanol is greater than that of butene.
(iii) Alcohols are freely soluble in water but alkyl halides are not.

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