Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Name a few sources of organic chemistry?
Advertisements
Solution
- Plants: Compounds like sugar, starch and cellulose, as well as several drugs, are obtained from plants.
- Animals: Urea, proteins, fats, etc., are obtained from animals.
- Coal: Destructive distillation of coal produces benzene, toluene, naphthalene, dyes, drugs, perfumes, etc.
- Petroleum: A large number of organic compounds, like gasoline, fuel gases, petrol, naphtha, etc., are obtained from petroleum.
- Fermentation: Compounds like ethyl alcohol and acetic acid are obtained by fermentation.
- Wood: Methyl alcohol, acetone, etc., are obtained by destructive distillation of wood.
- Synthetic methods: Most organic compounds are now synthesized in the laboratory.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Write the structural formulae of isomers of butane.
What is hydrogenation? How hydrogenation of ethene occurs? Give one use of hydrogenation.
Name the following:
Catalyst used in the Esterification reaction.
What is the special feature of the structure of:
(a) C2H2
(b) C2H4
Fill in the blanks by chosing words from the given list of words:
Addition, Carbohydrates, CnH2n-2, CnH2n+2, electrochemical, homologus, hydrocarbons, saturated, substitution, unsaturated.
The alkanes form a ______series with general formula_________The alkanes are_______,which generally undergo________reactions.
The reaction between ethene and chlorine forms only one product. Name the type of the reaction.
The number of C-H bonds in an ethane molecule is ______.
The unsaturated hydrocarbons undergo ______.
Using the structural formula, identify the functional group by circling it:
Propanone
Name the compound prepared by the following reaction:
\[\ce{CH3I + 2H ->}\]
