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Grade Upto college level Physical Chemistry

Primary amines have higher boiling point then tertiary amines .why?

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12 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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11 Years ago
Hello Student
Boiling point of amines have high boiling point due to presence of hydrogen bonding between amine molecules. But the boiling point decreases with increase in alkyl groups attached to the N atom, because the number of H atoms present for hydrogen bonding decreases.