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what is the reason why the boiling point of ethyl alcohol is much higher than that ofdimethyl ether through both have the same molecular weight a. because ether is insoluble in water b. because methyl group are attached to oxygen in ether d. ethyl alcohol shows hydrogen bonding​

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hydrogen bonding

Hydrogen bonding increase the boiling point as here required separation energy is more. In case of ethanol OH is the last so one hydrogen is attached with a very electronegative atom (oxygen) directly. So both oxygen and hydrogen become polar. So hydrogen bonding is possible here, which increase the boiling point of ethanol. In case of dimethyl ether oxygen is not directly attached with the hydrogen so hydrogen bonding is not possible so its boiling point is less than ethanol.

So option C is the correct answer.

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