What is the difference between the polarity of these two molecules?

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What is the difference between the polarity of these two molecules?

What's the difference of polarity between water (H20) and isopropyl alcohol (C3H8O)?

2007-10-08 13:08:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Water is very polar, whereas isopropyl has a non polar center, but a polar end (the alcohol). SO isopropyl is soluble in water but is not as polar as water.

2007-10-08 13:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by reb1240 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

polar mean it's charged unevenly (has poles) nonpolar means it's charged evenly

2016-05-19 02:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋