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I came across the Trouton's rule that predicts the entropy of vaporization of most molecules to be around 85~88kJ/(K mol). It is said to fail when there is hydrogen bond between molecules.

When I checked the entropy of vaporization for linear alkanes, it increases with molecular mass which looks reasonable to me because a liquid with greater volume should expand more once it transits completely into gas than those with lesser volume. Eventually, the increase does slow down as the values get close to ~90kJ/(K mol).

For linear alcohols, their entropies of vaporization were higher than that predicted by Trouton's rule which I have found to be explained by their lower entropies in liquid phase due to hydrogen bond. However, I found that the entropy of vaporization of alcohols decreases instead with molecular mass. But since the boiling point and enthalpy of vaporization both increase with molecular mass. Shouldn't their entropy of vaporization increase with stability like alkanes?

So my question is: Is there any way to explain the decreasing ratio between the enthalpy of vaporization and the boiling point with increasing molecular mass for alcohols?

I came across the Trouton's rule that predicts the entropy of vaporization of most molecules to be around 85~88kJ/(K mol). It is said to fail when there is hydrogen bond between molecules.

When I checked the entropy of vaporization for linear alkanes, it increases with molecular mass which looks reasonable to me because a liquid with greater volume should expand more once it transits completely into gas than those with lesser volume. Eventually, the increase does slow down as the values get close to ~90kJ/(K mol).

For linear monohydric alcohols, their entropies of vaporization were higher than that predicted by Trouton's rule which I have found to be explained by their lower entropies in liquid phase due to hydrogen bond. However, I found that the entropy of vaporization of alcohols decreases instead with molecular mass. But since the boiling point and enthalpy of vaporization both increase with molecular mass. Shouldn't their entropy of vaporization increase with stability like alkanes?

So my question is: Is there any way to explain the decreasing ratio between the enthalpy of vaporization and the boiling point with increasing molecular mass for linear monohydric alcohols?

I came across the Trouton's rule that predicts the entropy of vaporization of most molecules to be around 85~88kJ/mol. It is said to fail when there is hydrogen bond between molecules.

When I checked the entropy of vaporization for linear alkanes, it increases with molecular mass which looks reasonable to me because a liquid with greater volume should expand more once it transits completely into gas than those with lesser volume. Eventually, the increase does slow down as the values get close to ~90kJ/mol.

For linear alcohols, their entropies of vaporization were higher than that predicted by Trouton's rule which I have found to be explained by their lower entropies in liquid phase due to hydrogen bond. However, I found that the entropy of vaporization of alcohols decreases instead with molecular mass. But since the boiling point and enthalpy of vaporization both increase with molecular mass. Shouldn't their entropy of vaporization increase with stability like alkanes?

So my question is: Is there any way to explain the decreasing ratio between the enthalpy of vaporization and the boiling point with increasing molecular mass for alcohols?

I came across the Trouton's rule that predicts the entropy of vaporization of most molecules to be around 85~88kJ/(K mol). It is said to fail when there is hydrogen bond between molecules.

When I checked the entropy of vaporization for linear alkanes, it increases with molecular mass which looks reasonable to me because a liquid with greater volume should expand more once it transits completely into gas than those with lesser volume. Eventually, the increase does slow down as the values get close to ~90kJ/(K mol).

For linear alcohols, their entropies of vaporization were higher than that predicted by Trouton's rule which I have found to be explained by their lower entropies in liquid phase due to hydrogen bond. However, I found that the entropy of vaporization of alcohols decreases instead with molecular mass. But since the boiling point and enthalpy of vaporization both increase with molecular mass. Shouldn't their entropy of vaporization increase with stability like alkanes?

So my question is: Is there any way to explain the decreasing ratio between the enthalpy of vaporization and the boiling point with increasing molecular mass for alcohols?

I came across the Trouton's rule that predicts the entropy of vaporization of most molecules to be around 85~88kJ/mol. It is said to fail when there is hydrogen bond between molecules.

When I checked the entropy of vaporization for linear alkanes, it increases with molecular mass which looks reasonable to me because a liquid with greater volume should expand more once it transits completely into gas than those with lesser volume. Eventually, the increase does slow down as the values get close to ~90kJ/mol.

For linear alcohols, their entropies of vaporization were higher than that predicted by Trouton's rule which I have found to be explained by their lower entropies in liquid phase due to hydrogen bond. However, I found that the entropy of vaporization of alcohols decreases instead with molecular mass. But since the boiling point and enthalpy of vaporization both increases with molecular mass. Shouldn't it increase with stability like alkanes?

So my question is: Is there any way to explain the decreasing ratio between the enthalpy of vaporization and the boiling point with increasing molecular mass for alcohols?

I came across the Trouton's rule that predicts the entropy of vaporization of most molecules to be around 85~88kJ/mol. It is said to fail when there is hydrogen bond between molecules.

When I checked the entropy of vaporization for linear alkanes, it increases with molecular mass which looks reasonable to me because a liquid with greater volume should expand more once it transits completely into gas than those with lesser volume. Eventually, the increase does slow down as the values get close to ~90kJ/mol.

For linear alcohols, their entropies of vaporization were higher than that predicted by Trouton's rule which I have found to be explained by their lower entropies in liquid phase due to hydrogen bond. However, I found that the entropy of vaporization of alcohols decreases instead with molecular mass. But since the boiling point and enthalpy of vaporization both increase with molecular mass. Shouldn't their entropy of vaporization increase with stability like alkanes?

So my question is: Is there any way to explain the decreasing ratio between the enthalpy of vaporization and the boiling point with increasing molecular mass for alcohols?