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Why is benzonitrile is liquid at room temperature while benzoic acid is a solid at room temperature?
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∙ 14y ago
Chemicals have their own intrinsic properties and melting point is one of them. Carboxylic acids tend to raise the melting point of substances as compared to their nitrile kin by increasing the polar interactions between like molecules. These interactions require greater energy to overcome to achieve the liquid state, which to the observer shows up as higher melting points. It just happens that room temperature falls between when benzonitrile melts and when benzoic acid melts.
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∙ 9y agoBenzophenone is a white, insoluble in water solid at room temperature.
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