Question

find the sum of 1 degree, 2 degree and 3 degree

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Answer 1

Answer:

1 degree hydrogens are three and 2 degree hydrogens are five and 3 degree hydrogens are zero.

Explanations:- 1 degree hydrogen is the hydrogen bonded to a carbon and this carbon is bonded to one another carbon means the hydrogen is bonded to the primary carbon.

2 degree hydrogen is the hydrogen bonded to a carbon and this carbon is bonded to two other carbons means the hydrogen is bonded to the secondary carbon.

Similarly 3 degree hydrogen is the hydrogen bonded to a carbon and this carbon is bonded to three other carbons means the hydrogen is bonded to a tertiary carbon.

In toluene a methyl group is bonded to a benzene ring. The structure is given below and all the hydrogens are shown with their degrees.

It has total three 1 degree hydrogens and five 2 degree hydrogens and there is no 3 degree hydrogen.