Why aldehyde and ketones have lower boiling point then carboxylic acids of comparable molecular mass
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because acid consists of hydrogen bond in it
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Both alcohols and acids involve intermolecular hydrogen bonding. But no intermolecular H - bonding occur in aldehydes and ketones.
Therefore, attractive forces in aldehydes and ketones are lesser/weaker than acids and alcohols. Hence, lesser energy is required to break the attractive forces in aldehydes and ketones and thus they have low boiling points(low boiling point = less energy to break the attractive forces).
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