Carboxylic Acids Have Unusually High Boiling Points Because

question 16

Multiple Choice

Carboxylic acids have unusually high boiling points because:

• A) they are significantly heavier than organic molecules with the same molecular weight.
• B) they repel each other in the gas phase.
• C) they strongly attract each other in the liquid phase.
• D) they are usually solids,and solids are not volatile.
• E) they exist mostly as ions (RCO₂- + H⁺)and ionic materials are not volatile.

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