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Briefly explain based on intermolecular interactions (no calculations necessary) the trend in vapor pressure (VP, a measure of a compounds propensity to transfer to air

  1. Briefly explain based on intermolecular interactions (no calculations necessary) the trend in vapor pressure (VP, a measure of a compounds propensity to transfer to air from its condensed phase) for each of the following pairs:
    1. hexane > benzene (i.e., explain why hexanes VP is higher than the VP for benzene)
    2. benzene > ethylbenzene
    3. toluene > chlorobenzene
    4. chlorobenzene > phenol

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