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Ethers have much lower boiling points than alcohols comparable molecular weights.explain

Ethers have much lower boiling points than alcohols comparable molecular weights.explain

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Umakant biswal
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7 years ago
@ shreya 
alcohols have oh group attached to the carbon chain , so, that it causes hydrogen bonding within the molecules or with the surrounding molecules but ether have o group which is not attac hed to any hydrogen , by direct method , so, it is not avaliable in hydrogen bonding , 
due to this additional hydrogen bonding , it becomes difficult to break the bonding ,so, despite of the same molecular mass , ethers have high boiling point /. 
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