PHYSICAClass 10 Chemistry simulations · Carbon and its Compounds
Chain isomers of pentane (C₅H₁₂)
Compare the three structural isomers of C₅H₁₂ and their boiling points.
What to notice
More branching gives a more compact molecule with less surface contact, so the boiling point falls.
Key relation
Same molecular formula, different carbon skeleton
Try this
Which isomer is a gas just above room temperature?
What you can change
- Isomer: 1 to 3
More in Carbon and its Compounds
- Hydrogen bonding and boiling points of alcohols
- Hybridisation of carbon
- Homologous series of carbon compounds
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