Carbon and its Compounds
Class 10 · Science · 28 Questions
What would be the electron dot structure of carbon dioxide which has the formula CO₂?
What would be the electron dot structure of a molecule of sulphur which is made up of eight atoms of sulphur? (Hint – The eight atoms of sulphur are joined together in the form of a ring.)
How many structural isomers can you draw for pentane?
What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number of carbon compounds we see around us?
What will be the formula and electron dot structure of cyclopentane?
Draw the structures for the following compounds.
How would you name the following compounds?
Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction?
A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding. Can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used?
How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?
What are oxidising agents?
Would you be able to check if water is hard by using a detergent?
People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes?
Ethane, with the molecular formula C₂H₆ has
Butanone is a four-carbon compound with the functional group
While cooking, if the bottom of the vessel is getting blackened on the outside, it means that
Explain the nature of the covalent bond using the bond formation in CH₃Cl.
Draw the electron dot structures for
What is an homologous series? Explain with an example.
How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their physical and chemical properties?