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Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their:

  1. A
    More extensive association via van der Waals forces
  2. B
    Formation of carboxylate ion
  3. C
    Formation of intramolecular H-bonding
  4. D
    Formation of intermolecular H-bonding

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Carboxylic acids form very stable intermolecular hydrogen-bonded dimers. Even in the vapor phase, these dimers persist. This extensive hydrogen bonding requires significantly more energy to break, leading to higher boiling points compared to alcohols (which also H-bond but less extensively) and carbonyl compounds (which only have dipole-dipole interactions).

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Carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than aldehydes, ketones and even alcohols of comparable molecular mass. It is due to their:
A
More extensive association via van der Waals forces
B
Formation of carboxylate ion
C
Formation of intramolecular H-bonding
D
Formation of intermolecular H-bonding

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