Question

write note on homologous series. 150 words​

Answer 1

Groups of related (having the same chemical functions and the same type of structure) organic compounds that differ from one another only by one or more methylene (CH2) groups. (The CH2 group is called the homologous difference.)

Homologous series are known for saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes) of the general formula CnH2n+2 (methane CH4, ethane C2H6, propane C3H8, and so on), unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes) of the general formula CnCH2n (ethylene C2H4, propylene C3H6, butylene C4H8, and so on), and saturated monohydric alcohols of the general formula CnH2n+1OH (methyl alcohol CH3OH, ethyl alcohol C2H5OH, propyl alcohol C3H7OH, and so on). Homologous series are often named for their first member (for example, methane series, ethylene series, and so on). The compounds of each homologous series (especially the middle members) are characterized by relatively regular changes in certain physical properties. Thus, the boiling points of neighboring members in the middle of a homologous series (for compounds with an unbranched chain) differ by approximately 20°-25°C. (In higher members of a series this magnitude gradually decreases.) For example, alcohols with a linear chain —n-propyl [CH3CH2CH2OH], n-butyl [CH3CH2—CH2— CH2OH], n-amyl [CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2OH], and n-hexyl [CH3(CH2)4CH2OH]—boil, respectively, at 97.4°, 117.7°, 137.8°, and 157.2°C. Also corresponding to changes in composition by the homologous difference are changes including molecular size (by a constant magnitude), heat of combustion (by 628.02–669.89 kilojoules [150–160 kilocalo-ries]), and molecular refraction (by 4.6).

Answer 2

an homologous series is a series of compounds which have same chemical properties and same functional properties but the succesive compound differ by ch2 .

simply alkane - Cn H2n+2

alkene - Cn H2n

alkyne - Cn H2n-2

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