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A part of a homologous series is shown below.
C3H4, C4H6, C5H8

Which of these compounds is a part of the series shown above?

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Important Questions on Carbon and its Compounds

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The picture shows the bonds between atoms in two allotropes of carbon.

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Which allotrope is harder? Explain your answer.

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On undergoing complete combustion in an adequate supply of oxygen, an organic compound produces only carbon dioxide and water vapour as the products. 

Based on this information, Which of the following homologous series could the compound belong to?

P alkanes
Q alcohols
R aldehydes

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A compound with which of the following functional groups is most likely to cause the decomposition of baking soda to produce carbon dioxide?

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1 mole of ethene and 1 mole of ethyne are separately made to completely undergo addition reaction to form the respective saturated compound.
Which of the following will be different for the two reactions?
P The number of moles of the saturated compound formed.
Q The number of moles of the hydrogen consumed.
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Bromine water is a reddish solution of bromine in water. When shaken with an unsaturated hydrocarbon, the red colour of the bromine water disappears because the bromine is used up in an addition reaction.
Kohli has three test tubes containing hexane, hexene and hexyne respectively. Which of the three compounds can he identify using the bromine water test? Give a reason for your answer.
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A carbon compound of molecular formula C5H10O contains a ketone functional group. Draw the structures of three isomers of this compound having a ketone group.

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Heating an alcohol with concentrated sulphuric acid results in the dehydration of the alcohol to give the alkene as shown by the reaction of ethanol to give ethene.

CH3CH2OHHot conc.sulphuric acidCH2=CH2

Pramila heated 2-butanol (shown below) with concentrated sulphuric acid.

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Write the structural formulae of all the possible products of the reaction.

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An alkane has 11 carbon atoms arranged within ring structures as shown below:

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What is the molecular formula of alkane?