Question
Explain why propanol has higher boiling point than that of the hydrocarbon, butane?
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Answer
Propanol has higher boiling point than butane because of wide spread H-bonding among propanol molecules. A lot of energy is required to break inter molecular H-bonding among propanol molecules. There is no such bonding in butane.
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