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  • Help me answer: Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their

Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their

  • Option 1)

    more extensive association of carboxylic acid via van der Waals force of attraction

     

  • Option 2)

     formation of carboxylate ion

  • Option 3)

     formation of intramolecular H-bonding

  • Option 4)

     formation of intermolecular H-bonding

 

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As we learnt that

Carboxylic acids -

Organic acid containing one or more carboxyl  (-COOH) groups as a functional group.

- wherein

C_{n}H_{2n+1}COOH\:\:\:\:or\:\:\:\:C_{n}H_{2n}O_{2}

 

 This is due to more extensive association through intermolecular H-bond

 


Option 1)

more extensive association of carboxylic acid via van der Waals force of attraction

 

This is incorrect.

Option 2)

 formation of carboxylate ion

This is incorrect.

Option 3)

 formation of intramolecular H-bonding

This is incorrect.

Option 4)

 formation of intermolecular H-bonding

This is correct.

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