by Rajan Gupta | Aug 29, 2020 | Carbon Compounds
Polymers are very important products of chemical industry which have a great impact on our modern life. Plastics, synthetic fibres, synthetic rubber etc. are common examples of polymers. Polymers are also present in all living organisms. For example, proteins,...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 29, 2020 | Carbon Compounds
Esters () are the derivative of carboxylic acids in which the –OH group of the carboxylic acids has been replaced by –OR group. There general formula is CnH2n+1COOCnH2n+1. For example, Name Mol. Formula Structural Formula Methyl acetate CH3COOCH3 Ethyle acetate...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 29, 2020 | Carbon Compounds
Carboxylic acids are the compounds containing the carboxyl functional group in their molecule. Their general formula is CnH2n+1COOH. The simplest carboxylic acid is methanoic acid (formic acid) having molecular formula HCOOH. Fatty Acids Fatty acids are the...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 29, 2020 | Carbon Compounds
Ketones are the compounds which contain carbonyl group. The structure of ketone is: Where R and R’ represents two alkyl groups which may be same or different. This functional group is also known as ketonic group. The general formula of ketone...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 29, 2020 | Carbon Compounds
CARBONYL COMPOUNDSThe compounds containing carbonyl group () are called carbonyl compounds. The majority of biologically important compounds contain carbonyl group. For example, Name Structural Formula Structural Formula Aldehydes or RCHO Ketones or RCOR’...
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