Acetone, (CH3)2CO, is widely used as an industrial solvent. (a) Draw the Lewis structure for the acetone

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Acetone, (CH3)2CO, is widely used as an industrial solvent.
(a) Draw the Lewis structure for the acetone molecule and predict the geometry around each carbon atom.
(b) Is the acetone molecule polar or nonpolar?
(c) What kinds of intermolecular attractive forces exist between acetone molecules?
(d) 1-Propanol, CH3CH2CH2OH, has a molecular weight that is very similar to that of acetone, yet acetone boils at 56.5 oC and 1-propanol boils at 97.2 °C. Explain the difference?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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