Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons
JUPEB Chemistry

Ethene is converted to ethanol industrially by reaction with steam in the presence of phosphoric acid at about 300 °C. This reaction is an example of

How many structural isomers does C$_4$H$_{10}$ have?

The general molecular formula of the alkanes is

The IUPAC name of the compound CH$_3$CH(CH$_3$)CH$_2$CH$_3$ is

Which of the following observations confirms that a hydrocarbon is unsaturated?

Successive members of a homologous series differ by

The hybridisation of each carbon atom in ethyne, HC≡CH, is

How many moles of oxygen are required for the complete combustion of one mole of propane, C$_3$H$_8$?

Benzene undergoes substitution rather than addition reactions with bromine because

The process by which long-chain alkanes from petroleum are broken down into shorter alkanes and alkenes using heat and a catalyst is called

The major product formed when propene, CH$_3$CH=CH$_2$, reacts with hydrogen bromide is

When ethyne is bubbled through excess bromine, the final product is