Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17.2, Problem 3P
The following data for isomeric four-carbon alcohols show that there is a decrease in boiling point with increasing substitution of the OH-bearing carbon. How might you account for this trend?
1-Butanol, bp 117.5°C
2-Butanol, bp 93.5°C
2-Methyl-2-propano1, bp 32.2°C
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