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ali1981
Oct 1, 2007, 11:28 PM
Why the boiling point of cycohexanol is higher than the boiling point of toulene?

ali1981
Oct 1, 2007, 11:30 PM
Why the boiling point of cycohexanol is higher than the boiling point of toulene?

templelane
Oct 1, 2007, 11:46 PM
Right these questions are usually about the interaction between molecules.

What interactions can you get?

Van Der Waals (instantaneaos dipole to induced dipole and pi - pi stacking)
Ionic
Hydrogen Bonds
Covalent

They increase in strength down the table.

Now which interactions can toulene make? It consists only of carbons...

Which interactions can cycohexanol make that toulene can't? What's sticking off the ring that's different to toulene?