alleryCompared with amines, alcohols of similar mass are described as being:
AMore portable
BMore powdered
CMore polar
DMore porous
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. More polar
1. Both classes can hydrogen bond, but not equally well.
2. Oxygen is more electronegative than nitrogen.
3. Alcohols are more polar than amines and form stronger intermolecular hydrogen bonds.
4. So alcohols are more polar.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Ch 9 'Amines'_
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