The decreasing order of boiling points of ethyldimethylamine, n -butylamine and…

Chemistry · Class 12 · CBSEAmines

The decreasing order of boiling points of ethyldimethylamine, n-butylamine and diethylamine is n-Butylamine > Diethylamine > Ethyldimethylamine. This trend of boiling point can be explained as

  1. boiling point increases with increase in molecular mass
  2. tertiary amines have highest boiling point due to highest basicity
  3. intermolecular hydrogen bonding is maximum in primary amines and absent in tertiary amines
  4. intramolecular hydrogen bonding is present in tertiary amines.

Answer

(C) intermolecular hydrogen bonding is maximum in primary amines and absent in tertiary amines

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