A chemistry problem

Chemistry Level 2

Which has a higher boiling point?

Estrogen.

Testosterone.

Estrogen Testosterone

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2 solutions

Steven Chase
Dec 29, 2016

Here's my non-chemist reasoning (forgive me if it's not exactly right):

1) Things with OH are alcohols (or alcohol-like)
2) Alcohols tend to be quite volatile (tending to boil / evaporate at low temperatures)
3) Estrogen has more (OH)'s than testosterone does, suggesting that it is the more "alcoholic" of the two.
4) Therefore, estrogen is more apt to boil than testosterone is.
5) Therefore, testosterone probably has the higher boiling point (needing more internal energy in order to boil).

Saraswati Sharma
Dec 29, 2016

Bcoz testosterone is more saturated , therefore the boiling point of testosterone is higher. Estrogen is more unsaturated(more double bonds) , rotation less possible , less neat packing means less stability , easy to boil.

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