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03/10/2021 1:48 pm
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(a) Give the names and structural formulae of the next two higher homologues of methane.
(b) The molecular formula of a hydrocarbon is C10H18. Name its homologous series.
(c) Select the hydrocarbons which are members of the same homologous series. Give the name of each series.
C5H10 ; C3H8; C6H10; C4H10; C7H12; C8H16
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03/10/2021 1:53 pm
(a) Ethane
\(H-\overset{H}{\overset{|}{\underset{H}{\underset{|}{C}}}}-\overset{H}{\overset{|}{\underset{H}{\underset{|}{C}}}}-H\)
Propane
\(H-\overset{H}{\overset{|}{\underset{H}{\underset{|}{C}}}}-\overset{H}{\overset{|}{\underset{H}{\underset{|}{C}}}}-\overset{H}{\overset{|}{\underset{H}{\underset{|}{C}}}}-H\)
(b) Alkyne: CnH2n-2
(c) Alkanes: C3H8; C4H10
Alkenes: C5H10; C8H16
Alkynes: C6H10; C7H12