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Hydrocarbons are insoluble in water because they are non-polar compounds while water is a polar solvent. By principle, like dissolves like. Nonpolar solvents dissolve nonpolar solutes and polar solvents dissolve polar solutes.

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Hydrocarbons are insoluble in water because :-

1)Hydrocarbons are nonpolar whereas water is polar. (like dissolves like).

2) Hydrocarbons and water do not exhibit appropriate solvent-solute interactions. Hydrocarbons only form very weak dispersion forces whereas water produces strong polar hydrogen bonding interactions.

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