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10.12     Explain why

         (ii)     alkyl halides, though polar, are immiscible with water? 

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For being soluble in the water we have a condition that the solute-water force of attraction must be stronger than the solute-solute and water-water forces of attraction. Alkyl halides are held together by dipole-dipole interactions and there are polar molecules. Similarly, the intermolecular force of attraction present between the water molecules is hydrogen bonding. The new force of attraction after we dissolve solute in water i.e., between the alkyl halides and water molecules is weaker than the alkyl halide-alkyl halide and water-water forces of attraction. That is why alkyl halides (though polar) are immiscible with water.

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