Question

why alcohols are higher boiling compounds than hydrocarbons of corresponding molecular mass but have lower boiling points than corresponding phenols?​

Answer 1

Answer:

alcohols have a higher bp than hydrocarbons becz of tge intermolecular hydrogen bonding in alcohols whereas this is not possible in hydrocarbons of corresponding molecular mass.

phenols have a more stronger bonds than alcohols becz of resonance and hence they have more bp

Answer 2

Explanation:

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers. ... Since a large amount of energy is needed to break the extensive hydrogen bonds, which hold a large number of alcohol molelcules together, so the boiling points of alcohols are significantly higher than the corresponding alkanes, in which no such hydrogen bonding can take place.