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Ethylamine is...

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Ethylamine is not soluble in water whereas aniline is.
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Lower aliphatic amines are soluble in water because they can form hydrogen bonds with water molecules. However, solubility decreases with increase in molar mass of amines due to increase in size of the hydrophobic alkyl part.
Aniline has very large size of hydrophobic part and hence, it is insoluble in water.

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