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Why has phenol, higher boiling point than toluene ?

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Due to polarity of O - H bond, phenol are polar in nature. As such they have high boiling points on the other hand, aromatic hydrocarbons are non-polar and as such their boiling points are much lesser than aromatic hydrocarbon of similar molecular mass, For example, boiling point of phenol. `C_6H_5OH` is much higher than boiling point of toluene `C_6H_5 CH_3`
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