A student discussing bond polarity and molecular polarity in alcohols made the following statements: (i) In methanol, CH3OH the H-O bond is more 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)


C

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