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Arrange the four isomeric butyl alcohols in order of decreasing boiling points. |
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Answer» Solution :Amongst isomeric alcohols, boiling points decrease as BRANCHING increases on the carbon atom carrying the OH GROUP due to a corresponding decrease in surface area. Among isomeric `1^(@)` alcohols, the branched CHAIN alcohol has LOWER boiling point than the corresponding n-alcohols. thus, te boiling points of the four isomeric alcohols decrease in the order, butan-1-olgt2-methylpropan-1-olgtbutan-2-olgt2-methylpropan-2-ol. |
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