What Best Accounts for the Unusually High Boiling Points of Carboxylic

question 12

Multiple Choice

What best accounts for the unusually high boiling points of carboxylic acids relative to other organic compounds of similar molecular weight?

• A) The relatively large concentration of oxygen atoms.
• B) The presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
• C) Carboxylic acids are mostly ionized and thus are mostly ionic compounds.
• D) The presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
• E) Carboxylic acids do not have unusually high boiling points.

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