I was given a set of data about the boiling points of straight chain alkanols from methanol to dodecan-1-ol and noticed that the trend line seemed to be in the shape of a polynomial 4. I have also noticed a similar pattern in a data set for boiling points of alkanoic acids ranging from methanoic acid to decanoic acid. Can anyone explain why this oscillation occurs?
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https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/160008/continuous-variable-for-graph-of-boiling-point-of-different-chain-lengths – Mithoron Mar 28 '24 at 01:29
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https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/50047/elevated-boiling-points-in-alkanes-with-even-number-of-carbons – Mithoron Mar 28 '24 at 01:30