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Account for the statement : Alcohols boil at higher temperature then hydrocarbons and ethers of comparable molecular masses.

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Alcohols boil at higher temperature than hydrocarbons and ethers of comparable molecular masses.
Explanation : Consider ethanol, propane and methoxy methane which are having comparable molecular masses. The boiling points, moleculas masses and structures of the above compounds mentioned below

`to` The higher boiling points of alcohols are due to the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding in them which is lacking in ethers and hydrocarbons.
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