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The boiling points of alcohols are highe...

The boiling points of alcohols are higher than those of hydrocarbons of comparable masses due to:

A

Hydrogen bonding

B

ion-dipole interactions

C

Dipole-dipole interactions

D

Van der Waal's forces

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