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How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?

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A mixture of oxygen and ethyne is burnt for welding. Can you tell why a mixture of ethyne and air is not used?

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Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction?

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why do ionic compounds have high melting points?

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Draw the structures for the following compounds.(i) Ethanoic acid (ii) Bromopentane*(iii) Butanone(iv) Hexanal. *Are structural isomers possible for bromopentane?

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What will be the formula and electron dot structure of cyclopentane?

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