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What is meant by homologous series?
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Solution
A series of compounds of the same family in which each member has the same type of carbon skeleton and functional group and differs from the next member by a constant difference of one methylene group \[\ce{(-CH2-)}\] in its molecular and structural formula is called a homologous series.
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