Alcohols and Ethers - Result Question 55

####60. Suggest a reason for the large difference between the boiling points of butanol and butanal, although they have almost the same solubility in water.

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Solution:

  1. Butanol forms intermolecular H-bonds, has higher boiling point than butanal.


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