How would you experimentally compare the hydrogen bonds of ethanol and glycerol?

By | Jun 17, 2009
starswept asked:


In other words, how would you prove, using an experiment, that should have stronger than .

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  1. Ryan Kaufman June 18, 2009 7:58 am

    Find their boiling points. The alcohol with the higher boiling point will have stronger hydrogen bonds. This is true because it takes more thermal energy to force apart the molecules in the alcohol with the stronger intermolecular forces (e.g hydrogen bonds, London dispersion forces, etc.).

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