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Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their boiling points. Explain by giving reasons. CH3CHO, CH3CH2OH, CH3OCH3, CH3CH2CH3. |
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Answer» The molecular masses of all these compounds are comparable : CH3CHO (44), CH3CH2OH (46), CH3COCH3 (46), CH3CH2CH3 (44). CH3CH2OH exists as associated molecule due to extensive intermolecular hydrogen bonding and hence its boiling point is the highest (351 K). Since dipoledipole interaction are stronger in CH3CHO than in CH3OCH3, hence boiling point of CH3CHO (293 K) is much higher than that of CH3OCH3 (249 K). Further, molecules of CH3CH2CH3 have only weak Vander Waals forces while the molecules of CH3OCH3 have little stronger dipole-dipole interactions and hence the boiling point of CH3OCH3 is higher (249 K) than that of CH3CH2CH3 (231 K). Thus the overall increasing order of boiling points is : CH3CH2CH3 < CH3OCH3 < CH3CHO < CH3CH2O |
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