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Boiling and melting points of hydrocarbons [closed]

What happens while boiling and melting hydrocarbons? Which bonds are broken? When we compare the boiling point (b.p.) and melting point (m.p.) of certain hydrocarbons the order is inverted. For ...
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Comparison of boiling points of para-derivatives of phenol

The boiling points of four para-derivatives of phenol are: How can we compare the boiling points of p-nitrophenol and p-aminophenol? Apart from the hydroxyl group, p-nitrophenol has two oxygen atoms ...
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Why is the boiling point of sugarcane juice lower than the boiling point of water?

As the boiling point is a colligative property, one would expect that the boiling point of sugarcane juice should be higher than pure water because Sugarcane juice contains water (75–85%), non-...
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