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Grade 12IIT JEE Entrance Exam

Explain why propanol has higher boiling point than that of the hydrocarbon,butane?

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
This is due to presense of intermoleculer hydrogen bonding in propanal as compared to butanal where vanderwaal force act