
Lower aldehydes have odours.

Important Questions on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

How would you account for:
Boiling points of aldehydes are lower than alcohols.

Given below are two statements:
Statement : The boiling points of aldehydes and ketones are higher than hydrocarbons of comparable molecular masses because of weak molecular association in aldehydes and ketones due to dipole - dipole interactions.
Statement : The boiling points of aldehydes and ketones are lower than the alcohols of similar molecular masses due to the absence of -bonding.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their boiling points:



Write the following physical properties of aldehyde and ketones.
Colours and odour.


Decreasing order of boiling point of to follow:

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Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their boiling points.
Dimethyl ether, ethyl alcohol, propane, acetaldehyde.



The odour from vanilla extract comes from the molecule vanillin.

Which of the compound is soluble in ?



Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their boiling points.
Acetone, n-propyl alcohol, ethyl methyl ether and n-butane.


At room temperature formaldehyde is

