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Boiling point: Cyclopentane vs. dimethylethanamine? a. Cyclopentane has the high

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Question

Boiling point: Cyclopentane vs. dimethylethanamine? a. Cyclopentane has the higher boiling point b. Dimethylethanamine has the higher boiling point c. Both compounds have similar boiling points

Your answer for the previous question was primarily based on which of the following criteria?

                        a. One molecule can associate via dipole-dipole interactions, and the other cannot

                        b. One molecule can associate via hydrogen bonds, and the other cannot

                        c. Both molecules have equivalent non-covalent interactions, but one molecule is more nonpolar than the other

                        d. Both molecules have equivalent non-covalent interactions, but one molecule has more of those interactions than the other

                        e. The two molecules have similar properties

Explanation / Answer

b. Dimethylethanamine has the higher boiling point

followed

b. One molecule can associate via hydrogen bonds, and the other cannot