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Ethane, a colourless, odourless, gaseous hydrocarbon (compound of hydrogen and carbon), belonging to the paraffin series; its chemical formula is C2H6. Ethane is structurally the simplest hydrocarbon that contains a single carbonâcarbon bond. The second most important constituent of natural gas, it also occurs dissolved in petroleum oils and as a by-product of oil refinery operations and of the carbonization of coal. zoom_in.
Since ethane is composed of only carbons and hydrogens, it is non-polar. However, the hydroxyl group of the ethanol creates a dipole (pointing from the oxygen). This means the ethanol is a polar compound. Basic solubility rules state that likes dissolves likes. This means: 1) non-polar compounds will dissolve in non-polar solutions 2) polar compounds will dissolve in polar solutions.