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Account for the following : Boiling point of ethyl alochol is more than that of ethylamine.

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Ethyl alcohol has higher boiling point than ethylamine because there is stronger intermolecular H-bonding in ethanol than in ethylamine which is due to greater electronegativity of oxygen than that of nitrogen.
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