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Q. The most volatile of the following compound is:

JIPMERJIPMER 1997

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$ {{H}_{2}}O $ and ethanol have strong H-bonding due to which, they have higher boiling points. Dimethyl ether has very less hydrogen bonding and is more volatile than $ {{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}, $ $ {{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH $ and $ {{H}_{2}}O $ .