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Why do primary amines have higher boiling points than the tertiary amines?

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Tertiary amines have no hydrogen atoms bonded to the nitrogen atom and therefore are not hydrogen bond donors. Thus, tertiary amines cannot form intermolecular hydrogen bonds. As a result, they have lower boiling points than primary and secondary amines of comparable molecular weight.

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