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Question
A carbon compound ‘A’ having melting point 156K and boiling point 351K, with molecular formula C2H6O is soluble in water in all proportions.
- Identify ‘A’ and draw its electron dot structure.
- Give the molecular formulae of any two homologues of ‘A’.
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Solution
- Ethanol; C2H5OH

- CH3OH and C3H7OH are homologues of ethanol
OR
CH4O and C₃H₈O
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