What intermolecular forces are present in #CH_3OH#?
1 Answer
Well, you got hydrogen bound to the VERY ELECTRONEGATIVE oxygen atom....
Explanation:
And in such a scenario where hydrogen is bound to a strongly electronegative element, hydrogen bonding is known to occur….a special case of bond polarity...
We could represent the dipoles as...
And in bulk solution, the molecular dipoles line up...and this is a SPECIAL case of dipole-dipole interaction,
And so we got normal boiling points of...
Of course, dispersion forces operate between all molecules...but these are not the same magnitude as intermolecular hydrogen bonding....