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Why do alcohols and carboxylic acids have a higher boiling point than hydrocarbons and halocarbons??


Also, I also need my previous question answered about compounds and functional groups.

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Hagrid

Carboxylic acids and alcohols have higher boiling point
than other hydrocarbons due to their polarity and from the fact that they form
very strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding. This is due to the large
difference in their electronegativity that forms between the oxygen and the
hydrogen atom.