General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 11 - States of Matter; Liquids and Solids - Exercises - Page 452: 11.7

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Due to the fact that ethanol has a hydrogen and oxygen atom bonded tightly together, strong hydrogen bonding is present in ethanol but not methyl chloride. Methyl chloride does not contain and a hydrogen and oxygen bond.
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