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why boiling point and melting point of aldehydes and ketones are lower than alcohols?

why boiling point and melting point of aldehydes and ketones are lower than alcohols?

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Gowri sankar
292 Points
8 years ago
HI NARESH RAJU,
                  Bonding in the carbonyl group; Where aldehydes and ketones differ ... That could easily be confused with an alcohol. ... One of the two pairs of electrons that make up a carbon-oxygen double ... as dispersion forces) has a boiling point higher than the similarly sized alkane which only has dispersion forces.
N JYOTHEESWAR
342 Points
8 years ago
the boiling point of Alcohol is greater than ketone and aldehyde and ... with each other, whereas ketones and aldehydes are less able to do so. .... melting and boiling points than alcohols, ketones, and aldehydes.
sudarshan
174 Points
8 years ago
ketones having higher boiling points compare to isomeric aldehydes due to high polarity of ketones.aldehydes less soluble.melting point functions you no please tell me.
Prabhakar ch
577 Points
8 years ago
Dear Naresh Raju
                          Bonding in the carbonyl group; Where aldehydes and ketones differ ... That could easily be confused with an alcohol. ... One of the two pairs of electrons that make up a carbon-oxygen double ... as dispersion forces) has a boiling point higher than the similarly sized alkane which only has dispersion forces.
Gaddam Chethan
317 Points
8 years ago
As the number of carbons is increased, the number of electrons and protons also ... In general, chloroalkanes contain lower boiling points than alcohols. ... is higher than alkanes and roughly the same as both chloroalkanes and aldehydes.

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