Ethyl acetate is a colorless liquid with the characteristic smell of plastic balloon. It is added as solvent in many household products such as paints, varnishes, lacquers, and cleaning mixtures. What type/s of intermolecular forces are present in a sample of pure ethyl acetate?

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Ethyl acetate is a colorless liquid with the characteristic smell of plastic balloon. It is added as solvent in many household products such as paints, varnishes, lacquers, and cleaning mixtures.

What type/s of intermolecular forces are present in a sample of pure ethyl acetate?

a. London dispersion forces only

b. London dispersion and dipole-dipole forces only

c. Dipole-dipole forces only

d. London dispersion, dipole-dipole, and hydrogen bonding

e. Hydrogen bonding only

 

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