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Almost 90% of all known compounds are organic in nature. Give reason.

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Because of tetravalency and catenating power of C-atom
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ICSE-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY -QUESTIONS
  1. Almost 90% of all known compounds are organic in nature. Give reason.

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  2. Give the IUPAC name of the isomer C4H10 which has a branched chain.

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  3. Draw the structural formulae of two isomers of butane. Give the corre...

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  4. Write balanced chemical equation for the preparation of methane from i...

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  5. What happens when methane is burnt in an insufficient supply of oxygen

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  6. A compound X consists of 4.8% carbon and 95.2% bromine by mass. ...

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  7. A compound X consists of 4.8% carbon and 95.2% bromine by mass. ...

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  8. A compound X consists of 4.8% carbon and 95.2% bromine by mass. ...

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  9. Explain the bonding in methane molecule using electron dot notation.

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  10. Write the equation for the preparation of carbon tetrachloride from me...

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  11. The number of C-H bonds in ethane molecule are :

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  12. Which compound should be treated with soda lime to obtain ethane gas i...

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  13. Write the equation for the combustion of ethane

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  14. Write a balance equation for the complete combustion of ethene

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  15. The formation of 1,2-dibromoethane from ethene and bromine is an examp...

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  16. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the brackets : Alkene...

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  17. Compound A is bubbled through bromine dissolved in carbon tetrachlorid...

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  18. Compound A is bubbled through bromine dissolved in carbon tetrachlorid...

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  19. Compound A is bubbled through bromine dissolved in carbon tetrachlorid...

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