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Why is a solution of potassium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide evolved during the estimation of carbon present in an organic compound?

Important Questions on Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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Why is it necessary to use acetic acid and not sulphuric acid for acidification of sodium extract for testing sulphur by lead acetate test?
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An organic compound contains 69% carbon and 4.8% hydrogen, the remainder being oxygen. Calculate the masses of carbon dioxide and water produced when 0.20 g of this substance is subjected to complete combustion.
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A sample of 0.50 g of an organic compound was treated according to Kjeldahl’s method. The ammonia evolved was absorbed in 50 ml of  0.5 M H2SO4. The residual acid required 60 ml of 0.5 M solution of NaOH for neutralisation. Find the percentage composition of nitrogen in the compound.
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0.3780 g of an organic chloro compound gave 0.5740 g of silver chloride in Carius estimation. Calculate the percentage of chlorine present in the compound.
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In the estimation of sulphur by Carius method, 0.468 g of an organic sulphur compound afforded 0.668 g of barium sulphate. Find out the percentage of sulphur in the given compound.
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In the organic compound CH2=CHCH2CH2CCH, the pair of hybridised orbitals involved in the formation of C2C3 bond is:
 
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In the Lassaigne’s test for nitrogen in an organic compound, the Prussian blue colour is obtained due to the formation of

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Which of the following carbocation is most stable?