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Arrange the following sets of compounds in order of their increasing boiling points :
(a) Pentan-1-ol, butan-1-ol, butan-2-ol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, methanol,
(b) Pentan-1-ol, n-butane, pentanal, ethoxy ethane.

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Increasing order of boiling points :
(a) Methanol `lt` ethanol `lt` pronpan-1-ol `lt` butan-2-ol `lt` pentan-1-ol
(b) n-Butane `lt` ethoxy ethane `lt` pentanal `lt` pentan-1-ol
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