Chemistry, asked by sparashkesharwani55, 2 months ago

Why do branched alcohols show a smaller boiling points than straight chain alcohols? `

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Branched alkanes normally exhibit lower boiling points than unbranched alkanes of the same carbon content. This occurs because of the greater van der Waals forces that exist between molecules of the unbranched alkanes. ... Finally, alkanes are almost completely insoluble in water.

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