Question

Manasi wrote the names of four compounds as the first members of their respective homologous series. - methanol - methanal - methanone - methanoic acid (a) Which name has she written incorrectly? Justify your answer. (b) What name should she have written instead?

Bonding of oxygen with carbon and with hydrogen are highly exothermic processes. Compare the amount of energy released on combustion of methane and propane. (a) Which compound will yield more energy per mole on combustion? Justify your answer. (b) Write the balanced chemical equations for complete combustion of propane and methane.