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  4. Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their

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Q. Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their

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Solution:

Due to formation of stronger intermolecular H-bonding in carboxylic acid, association occurs. Hence, boiling point increases and become more than the boiling point of aldehydes, ketones and alcohols of comparable molecular masses.

Acid > alcohol > aldehyde > ketone

$\underset{A s \, e x t e n t \, o f \, H - b o n d \, d e c r e a s e s \, s o \, B . P . \, d e c r e a s e s}{ \rightarrow }$