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Carbon and its Compounds

Ethene is formed when ethanol at 443 K is heated with excess of concentrated sulphuric acid. What is the role of sulphuric acid in
this reaction? Write the balanced chemical equation of this reaction

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Carbon and its Compounds

A gas is evolved when ethanol reacts with sodium. Name the gas evolved and also write the balanced chemical equation of the reaction involved.

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Carbon and its Compounds

Intake of small quantity of methanol can be lethal. Comment.

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Carbon and its Compounds

How is ethene prepared from ethanol? Give the reaction involved in it.

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Carbon and its Compounds

Name the functional groups present in the following compounds
(a) CH3COCH2CH2CH2CH3
(b) CH3CH2CH2COOH
(c) CH3CH2CH2CH2CHO
(d) CH3CH2OH

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Carbon and its Compounds

Why detergents are better cleansing agents than soaps? Explain.

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Carbon and its Compounds

A compound X is formed by the reaction of a carboxylic acidC2H4O2 and an alcohol in presence of a few drops of H2SO4. The alcohol on oxidation with alkaline KMnO4 followed by acidification gives the same carboxylic acid as used in this reaction. Give the names and structures of (a) carboxylic acid, (b) alcohol and (c) the compound X. Also write the reaction.

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Carbon and its Compounds

Draw the electron dot structure of ethyne and also draw its structural formula

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Carbon and its Compounds

The first member of alkyne homologous series is
(a) ethyne
(b) ethene
(c) propyne
(d) methane

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Carbon and its Compounds

The heteroatoms present in
CH3—CH2—O—CH2—CH2Cl are
(i) oxygen
(ii) carbon
(iii) hydrogen
(iv) chlorine
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)

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