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Topic: 2,2-dimethylbutane or hexane higher boiling point?  (Read 7221 times)

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2,2-dimethylbutane or hexane higher boiling point?
« on: December 05, 2005, 06:18:19 AM »
I don't understand why hexane has a higher boiling point?  It looks either non-poplar or less polar than 2.2-dimethybutane.

I figure 2,2-dimethybutane should be polar because of it's shape.  They have the same molar mass, so that factor is ruled out.
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Re:2,2-dimethylbutane or hexane higher boiling point?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2005, 08:14:39 AM »
More compact shape - more volatile compound (this staterment concerns isomers)
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