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Homologous Series |
A series of organic compounds with a similar general formula, only differing only by the amount of CH2s. |
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van der Waal's attraction increases |
As carbon chain gets longer |
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lower boiling point |
Branching causes molecules have |
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water soluble |
alcohols, amines, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids are all |
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unreactive |
alkanes are |
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saturated |
a carbon atom bonded by 4 single bonds is |
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ethanol |
made from addition of steam to ethene |
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aldehydes then carboxylic acids |
primary alcohols are oxidized by acidified KCr2 to |
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ketones |
secondary alcohols are oxidized to |
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trans isomers |
have lower boiling points |
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cis isomers |
have higher boiling points |