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Dimethyl ether is completely soluble in water but diethyl ehter is soluble isn water to small extent. Discuss.

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In demethyl ether, the size of the methyl group is smaller as compared with that of ethyl group in diethyl ether. Therefore , the extent of hydrogen bonding in he molecules of dimethyl ether and water is large compared with molecules of diethyl ether . As a result dimethyl ether is completely soluble or miscible in water while diethyl ether is soluble only to small extent.
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