Problems and exercisesPhysical and Bond Properties
1. Boiling points
Order from lowest to highest boiling point: propane, 1-propanol, 2-chloropropane and ethylene glycol.
2. Solubility in water
Why is methanol miscible with water in all proportions, while the solubility of 1-pentanol is only about 22 g/L?
3. Branching
1-Butanol boils at 117 °C and 2-methyl-2-propanol at 82 °C. Why?
4. Hybridization
What is the hybridization of the oxygen of an alcohol? What C–O–H angle should we expect?