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Give reason for the higher boiling point of ethanol incomparison to methoxymethane.
Ethanol undergoes intermolecular H-bonding due to thepresence of −OH group, resulting in the association of molecules. Extra energyis required to break these hydrogen bonds. On the other hand, methoxymethanedoes not undergo H-bonding. Hence, the boiling point of ethanol is higher thanthat of methoxymethane.