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Explain why butanoic acid is higher than pentanoic acid

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Decanoic acid has one more methylene group than nonanoic acid, so it has stronger van der Waals attractive forces than nonanoic acid and a higher boiling point. Explain why the boiling point of 2,2-dimethylpropanoic acid (164 °C) is lower than that of pentanoic acid (186 °C).

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