Which of the following has the highest boiling point?

Question

Which of the following has the highest boiling point? (A) Diethyl ether (B) n-butyraldehyde (C) n-butyl alcohol (D) n-propyl chloride

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Alcohols form H-bonds, thus their boiling points are quite higher than the corresponding members of alkane, ether, aldehydes and alkyl halides. Hence, n-butyl alcohol has the highest boiling point among the given compounds.

Q. Which of the following has the highest boiling point?

Diethyl ether

n-butyraldehyde

n-butyl alcohol

n-propyl chloride

Alcohols form $H$ -bonds, thus their boiling points are quite higher than the corresponding members of alkane, ether, aldehydes and alkyl halides. Hence, $n$ -butyl alcohol has the highest boiling point among the given compounds.