Alcohols and ethers: physical properties
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- Created on: 18-02-15 14:21
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Boiling points
Alcohols
- Van der Waals forces are broken when alkanals boil whereas hydrogen bonds are broken when alkanols boil
- Alcohols therefor have a higher boiling point as the strength of hydrogen bonds is greater than that of van der Waals
- When the chain length of an alkane increases the boiling point increases due to the increase in the strength of van der Waals forces
- This is because a temporary dipole is created by the momentary imbalance in the distribution of electrons in the molecule which induces a dipole between molecules
- This only…
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