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A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used?

A mixture of ethyne and air is not used for welding because when ethyne is burnt in air, it gives sooty flame which is not suitable for welding.


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Give the IUPAC name of the following compounds. If more than one compound is a possible to name all of them.

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ii. A ketone derived from butane.


iii. A chloride derived from propane.


iv. An alcohol derived from pentane.

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a. What are the various possible structural formulae of a compound having molecular formula C3H6O?

b. Give the IUPAC names of the above possible compounds and represent them in structure


c. What is the similarity in these compounds?