You Are Given the Following Boiling-Point Data: Which One

question 23

Multiple Choice

You are given the following boiling-point data: Which one of these liquids would you expect to have the highest vapor pressure at room temperature?

• A) diethyl ether, CH₃OH₂-O-CH₂CH₃
• B) ethanol, CH₃CH₂OH
• C) ethylene glycol, HO-CH₂-CH₂-OH
• D) methanol, CH₃OH
• E) water, H₂O

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