boiling points

Question 1

What happens if a carbon chain is longer does the boiling point change?

Answer 1

As the chain length (numbers of carbons) increases the melting and boiling points of the alkanes gradually increase for these compounds.

Question 2

What intermolecular forces get stronger when there is a longer carbon chain

Answer 2

Longer carbon chains have stronger London forces as they have more electrons.

Question 3

what happens to the boiling points to isomers that have branches

Answer 3

isomers with branching have lower boiling points