Water is dissolved into n-butanol (a polar liquid). which is the second step at the molecular level as water dissolves into n-butanol? a. n-butanol mixes with water. b. water molecules are carried into n-butanol. c. n-butanol molecules surround water molecules. d. n-butanol molecules are attracted to the surface of the water molecules.

C. n-Butanol molecules surround water molecules.

Explanation:

Because both liquids are polar, they can be mixed (polar dissolves polar, and nonpolar dissolves nonpolar). N-Butanol is the solvent, so it has a large amount in the solution, and water is the solute. When a liquid-liquid solution is placed, the solvent surrounds the molecules of the solute, so the solute is dissociated in the solution.

Then, the n-Butanol molecules surround the water molecules.