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Q. Select the incorrect option from the following regarding the physical properties of alcohol and phenol.

Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

The - $OH$ group in alcohols and phenols is involved in the intermolecular hydrogen bonding which is responsible for high boiling point of alcohols and phenols.
Thus, the boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher in comparison to other class of compounds, namely
hydrocarbons, ethers, haloalkanes and haloarenes of comparable molecular masses.
The boiling point varies as
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