Boiling point of diethyl ether is less than that of

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Ethane

Butane

Ethyl alcohol

Dimethyl ether

answer is C.

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Ether molecules have no hydrogen atom on the oxygen atom it means that it has no OH group. Therefore there is no intermolecular hydrogen bonding between ether molecules, and ethers therefore have low boiling points for a given molecular weight. But alcohols have OH group.

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