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Carboxylic acid have higher boiling poi...

Carboxylic acid have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohol of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their

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Formation of intarmolecular H-bonding

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Formation of carboxylate ion

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more extensive association of carboxylic acid via van der Waals force attraction.

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Formation of intermolecular H-bonding

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Carboxyic acid has higher boiling point than aldehyde, ketone and even alcohol of comparable molecular mass.
This is due to more extensive through intermolecular `H-`bonding due to which dimers are formed
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