Methanol
What is methanol?
Methanol or methyl alcohol also called carbinol is a colourless, inflammable, poisonous alcohol with the chemical formula CH3OH. It is missable with...
Ethanol
What is ethanol?
Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is a colorless, inflammable simple alcohol or organic compound used as a fuel and solvent in chemistry. It...
Ethylene Glycol
What is ethylene glycol?
Ethylene glycol or ethane-1,2-diol is a colourless viscous liquid with the formula (CH2OH)2. It is missable in all proportions with water...
Ethylene oxide
What is ethylene oxide?
Ethylene oxide is a cyclic ether or simple epoxide compound with the molecular formula C2H4O. In ethylene oxide structure, an oxygen...
Alkenes
What are alkenes?
Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbon or organic compounds that contain one double bond between two successive carbon atoms. They have the general molecular...
Acetic Acid
What is acetic acid?
Acetic acid also called ethanoic acid has the molecular formula CH3COOH and prepared industrially by various methods. Commonly it is used...
Alcohol
Types of Alcohol in Chemistry
Types of alcohol uses for the manufacture of drinks or beer, vodka, and brandy is ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Many...
Hydrocarbon
What is hydrocarbon?
Hydrocarbon like aliphatic, aromatic, or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons are types of organic compounds processing hydrogen and carbon in the entire molecular formula....
Alkenes Properties
Physical properties of alkanes
Physical properties of alkenes and alkanes in organic chemistry are very similar. Since alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons but alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons.
Due to...
Alkanes
Alkanes or Paraffin
Alkanes or Paraffin are saturated hydrocarbon or organic compounds having the general molecular formula CnH2n+2. The entire molecule of alkanes consists of...