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Explain why propanol has higher boiling point than hydrocarbon butane?

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The molecules of butane are held together by weak van der waal’s forces of attraction while those of propanol are held together by sronger intermolecular H-bonding. Therefore propanol has higher boiling point then that of butane.

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