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

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

Write two properties of covalent compounds.

How would you name the following compounds?

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

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