- Boiling Point of ether is comparable with that of a hydrocarbon of same molecular mass.
- Alcohols have much higher boiling points than comparable ethers or hydrocarbons.
(This is due to alcohols being capable of forming strong hydrogen bonding.)
- Alcohols can H-bond with each other whereas ethers can not. Ether’s however can H-bond with water molecules.
(Hence, ethers have solubilites in water that are similar to those of alcohols of the same molecular weight, and that are very different from those of hydrocarbons.)