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Physical Properties of Organic Substances

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Higher solubility - Butanedioic acid or Butanal

Higher mp - 2,3-dihydroxy propanal or Pentanal

Lower mp - Sodium octanoate or Octanoic acid

Lower solubility - 2-hexanone or 2-hexanol

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Butanedioic acid

Butanal

Because butanedioic acid has two hydrogen bonds whereas butanal has none, butanedioic acid is more polar than ...

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