A Student Discussing Bond Polarity and Molecular Polarity in Alcohols

question 118

Multiple Choice

A student discussing bond polarity and molecular polarity in alcohols made the following statements: (i) In methanol, CH₃OH, the H-O bond is less polar than the C-O bond.
(ii) Ethanol, CH₃CH₂OH, the alcohol of alcoholic beverages, has at least one polar bond, a net dipole, and is a polar molecule.
Which of the above statements is(are) true?

• A) only statement (i)
• B) only statement (ii)
• C) both statement (i) and statement (ii)
• D) neither statement (i) nor statement (ii)

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