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Fill the blanks in the given table using suitable formulae.



Explanation: All the members of homologues series have general formula given below:


Alkane: CnH2n + 2


Alkene: CnH2n


Alkyne: CnH2n-2



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8

Read each description given below and say whether it fits for ethanol or ethanoic acid.

i) It is a clear liquid with a burning taste.


ii) It is used to preserve biological specimens in laboratories.


iii) It is used to preserve food and fruit juices.


iv) On cooling, it is frozen to form ice flakes which look like a glacier.


9

Match these words /sentences with appropriate statements given below:

(methanol, fermentation, catenation, homologous series, hydrogen gas)


i) The ability of carbon to form large number of compounds through self-linking property.


ii) Alcohols react with sodium to give this element.


iii) This series helps in giving knowledge and enables systematic study of members.


iv) Formation of simple molecules from complex organic compounds using enzymes.


v) Unlike ethanol, the intake of this compound in very small quantities can cause death.


2

Homologous series predict the properties of the members of the series. Justify this statement through its characteristics.

3

Write the common name and IUPAC name of the following:

i) CH3CH2CHO ii) CH3COCH3


iii)


iv) CH3COOH v) HCHO


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