Write the name and molecular formula of an organic compound having its name suffixed with ol and having two carbon atoms in the molecule. With the help of a balanced chemical equation indicate what happens when it is heated with excess of conc. H2SO4.
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The organic compound is ethanol. Its molecular formula is C2H6O and structural formula is C2H5OH or CH3CH2OH.
(a) Molecular formula: CH3-CH2-OH and name: Ethanol.
When it is heated with an excess of conc. Sulphuric acid elimination of water molecule takes place to give ethane
(b) Substitution Reaction
The reaction in which one or more hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced by some other atoms is called a substitution reaction.
Substitution reactions are a characteristic property of saturated hydrocarbons.
For example:
1) Methane reacts with chlorine in the presence of sunlight to form chloromethane and hydrogen chlorine.
2) When ethyl chloride is treated with alco.KOH it gives ethyl alcohol.
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