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Despite having greater polarity, hydrogen fluoride boils at a lower temperature than water. Elaborate.

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This is due to the reason that the extent of intermolecular hydrogen bonding in the molecules of `H_(2)O` is more than in HF molecules. Therefore, hydrogen fluoride boils at a lower temperature than water.
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