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The boiling point of ethyl alcohol is higher than dimethyl ether

The boiling point of ethyl alcohol is higher than dimethyl ether

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Naveen Kumar
36 Points
6 years ago
In ethanol, the hydrogen and the oxygen are bonded, which results in a large electronegativity difference. This allows hydrogen bonding to occur. Which is much stronger than any dipol attraction.However, in dimethyl ether, the oxygen is bonded to a carbon and the electronegativity difference is small. Due to this, ethers form only dipole dipole attractions rather than hydrogen bonds. This is why ethanols have higher boiling point because they need more energy input in order to break those hydrogen bonds.

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