Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What is homologous series?
Advertisements
Solution
A homologous series is a group of organic compounds having similar structures and similar chemical properties.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give reasons for the existence of the large number of organic compounds.
Fill in the blank:
Organic compounds are essentially_________compounds. They
show ___________Reaction and their rates are ___________.
Give the names of any three alkyl groups. How are they formed?
Define a functional group with two examples. write the Functional groups for
(i) Alcohol
(ii) Ketone
(iii) Carboxylic acid
Give the names of the following functional groups:
-OH, >- c = o, -CHO, -COOH
How would you convert:
(a) Ethene into 1, 2 - dibromoethane.
(b) Ethene to bromoethane
Hovv will you differentiate that vvhether the given gas is ethane or ethene?
A neutral compound'X' of molecular formula C2H60 on oxidation with
acidified potassium dichromate gives a compound 'Y' .Compound 'X' react
with 'Y' on warming in presence of conc.H2S04 to give a sweet smelling
substance 'Z'. What are 'X','Y', and'Z'? Give equations of the reaction
involved.
Give the reactions of ethyne with Water.
Explain the following:
Ethane does not undergo addition reactions
Fill in the blank with appropriate word/words.
For test of unsaturation _____is used.
When sodium propionate is heated with soda-lime, the product formed is
LPG contains
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.
Ethanol can be converted into ethene which can be changed into ethane. Choose the correct word or phrase from the options to complete the following sentence.
The catalyst used in the conversion of ethene to ethane is commonly ______.
The list of some organic compounds is given below:
Ethanol, ethane, methane, ethyne and ethene
From the above list, name a compound:
Which decolourises bromine solution in carbon tetrachloride?
Give reason as to why :
Almost 90% of all known compounds are organic in nature
Write a balanced chemical equation for the following:
Burning of ethane in plentiful supply for air.
Name the gases which extinguishes burning wooden splinters.
The molecular formula of an open-chain organic compound is C3H6. The class of the compound is ______
