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ICSE-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY : SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES -SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
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  2. What is catenation ? Why is it most prominent for carbon ?

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  3. What are isomers ? Write the isomers of butane and pentane.

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  4. What is the main difference between carbocyclic and heterocyclic compo...

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  5. Name the different types of hydrocarbons. Give two examples each.

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  6. What are alkyl groups ? Write the structures of all possible alkyl gro...

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  7. What do you understand by gas?

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  8. In what way does an alkane differ from other hydrocarbons ?

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  9. What do you understand by a homologous series ? Write its important ch...

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  10. There is a large number of carbon compounds due to

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  11. How would you decide whether the two given compounds are homologues or...

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  12. Write the systematic IUPAC names of the following compounds: CH3 -...

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  13. Write the systematic IUPAC names of the following compounds:

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  14. Write the systematic IUPAC names of the following compounds: CH3 - ...

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  15. Write the systematic IUPAC names of the following compounds:

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  16. Write the systematic IUPAC names of the following compounds: CH3 - o...

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  20. Draw the structures of the following compounds: 4-nitropent-1-yne

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