Ethyl alcohol is more soluble in water than dimethyl ether because:

ether is nonpolar molecule

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alcohol contains hydrogen bonding

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ether contains hydrogen bonding

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in ether oxygen atoms are connected with water

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Solution

The correct option is A alcohol contains hydrogen bonding
Ethyl alcohol is more soluble than dimethyl ether due to the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
Hydrogen bonding is possible when H atom is attached to an electronegative atom such as N, O or F.
Hence, ethanol forms hydrogen bonds but dimethyl ether cannot form hydrogen bonds.

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