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Question
The functionality of ethylene glycol is ______.
Options
1
2
3
4
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Solution
The functionality of ethylene glycol is 2.
Explanation:
Ethylene glycol has the structure:
\[\ce{HO - CH2 - CH2 - OH}\]
It contains two hydroxyl (–OH) functional groups. Functionality means the number of reactive functional groups present in a molecule. Therefore, the functionality of ethylene glycol is 2.
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