Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of C-atoms. Statement (II) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols

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Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols increase with increase in the number of C-atoms.
Statement (II) : The boiling points of alcohols and phenols are higher in comparison to other class of compounds such as ethers, haloalkanes.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Statement I is correct as boiling point of alcohol phenols increase with increase in the number of C -atoms due to increase in van der Waals forces.
Statement II is correct, since alcohols phenols have intermolecular H -bonding therefore their boiling points are higher in comparison to other class of compounds such as ethers, haloalkanes.

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