Homework Help: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2

Posted by ASTHON LEBUHANG on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 6:23pm.

Ethanol has boiling of 78.5 while dimethyl ether has boiling point of -24.9;so account for this diffrence in boiling points since they both have the same molecular weight.how can this be explained using diagrams?

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2 - Dr Russ, Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 5:58am
Hydrogen bonding

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