Question

Give reasons : (i) Boiling point of alkyl bromide is higher than alkyl chloride.

Answer 1

As far as I know, more the polar character of the organic compound, more will be the energy required to break the bond and thus more boiling temperature.

Answer 2

Answer:

Boiling point of alkyl bromide is higher than alkyl chloride because as the size of the halogen atom increases magnitude of van der waals force increases.

for more details pls refer th NCERT text book page no. 298, the paragraph above the graph(fig 10.1)