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Give reason for the higher boiling point of ethanol in comparison to methoxymethane.

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Ethanol undergoes intermolecular H-bonding due to the presence of a hydrogen attached to the electronegative oxygen atom. As a result, ethanol exists as associated molecules.
Consequently, a large amount of energy is required to break these hydrogen bonds. Therefore, the boiling point of ethanol is higher than that of methoxymethane which does not form H-bonds.
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