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[mei_ling03]

"explain the difference in melting and boiling point caused by straight-chained alkanoic acid and straight-chained primary alkanol structures"

could anyone please explain
thankyou!

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by mei_ling03
"explain the difference in melting and boiling point caused by straight-chained alkanoic acid and straight-chained primary alkanol structures"

could anyone please explain
thankyou!

They have stronger intermolecular bonding than alkanes - think about where that could come from, considering the structure of an alkanoic acid and an alkanol .