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Offline lasset

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Why xylenes have different boiling points?
« on: February 23, 2009, 01:28:21 PM »
Why o-xylene, m-xylene and p-xylene have different boiling points?
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Re: Why xylenes have different boiling points?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 06:48:09 PM »
Can you figure it out for yourself based on the differences between them?
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Re: Why xylenes have different boiling points?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 06:50:22 PM »
Try looking at where the "branches" are located on the ring and then explain it with steric interactions.
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