what is the effect of branching on melting points of alcohols?
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Starting with the simplest branched compound, as you increase branching, you will increase the melting point, but decrease the boiling point.
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Alkanes with stronger intermolecular van der waals forces have higher boiling point. With increase in the branching, the surface area of the molecule decreases and vander waals forces of attraction decreases which can be overcome at a relatively lower temperature. Hence, the boiling point of an alkane chain decreased with an increase in branching.
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