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Q.22  Give reason for the higher boiling point of ethanol in comparison to methoxymethane.

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Ethanol undergoes intermolecular hydrogen bonding due to the presence of -OH group. Therefore, extra energy is required to break those hydrogen bonds. Whereas methoxymethane does not make H-bonds and hence ethanol has a higher boiling point than methoxymethane.

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