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Explain why alcohols and ethers of comparable molecular mass have different boiling points ?

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Ethanol exists as associated molecules because ethanol undergoes intermolecular H-bonding due to the presence of hydrogen attached to electronegative oxygen atom.

Thus, a larger amount of energy is required to break these H-bonds. therefore, the boiling points of ethanol is higher than that of methoxy methane which does not form H-bonds.
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  11. Write the reaction of Williamson's synthesis of 2-ethoxy-3-methyl pent...

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  16. State the products of the following reactions : CH(3)CH(2)CH(2)OCH...

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  19. Predict the products of the following reactions : (CH(3))(3)C-OC(2)H...

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