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Offline Johulus

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Boiling points of alcohols vs. alkanes
« on: December 25, 2015, 12:20:24 PM »
Why do boiling points of alcohols increase more gradually with the increase in number of carbon atoms, while boiling points of alkanes increase more significantly for the same number of carbon atoms?
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Offline Enthalpy

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Re: Boiling points of alcohols vs. alkanes
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2015, 02:56:57 PM »
You could begin from a different point: what favours the liquid state in alcohols?
And then: how does one carbon atom more interact with that?
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