ORGLIST: Boiling Point of Methane

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From: Ashutosh (ashujogi$##$vsnl.net)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2000 - 12:29:53 EST

Hello everyone
Methane,due to lack of H bonding,shows a low boiling point as expected(-161.5C)
However,Pauling in the 1960 edition of his 'The Nature of the Chemical Bond' says that even this boiling point is 20C higher than expected,and he says that nobody knows the explanation why.
Has an explanation been found after 1960?
Thanks
Ashutosh S. Jogalekar
Department of Chemistry
University of Pune
India

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