The melting and boiling points of compounds in homologous series of monohalogenated n-alkanes

The available data on the melting and boiling points in homologous series of normal 1-fluoro-, 1-chloro-, 1-bromo-, and 1-iodoalkanes were critically analyzed. A correlation was observed between the melting and boiling points of halogenated even and odd n -alkanes. This allowed us to obtain an interpolation equation for predicting compound melting points.