ICSEClass XChemistryOrganic Chemistry05 Mark2026 Moderate

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Identify the following terms / compounds:

(a) A compound which reacts with water to give acetylene gas.

(b) The gas evolved when sodium propanoate is heated with soda lime.

(c) A reddish-brown precipitate formed when ferric chloride solution reacts with an alkali.

(d) A pair of electrons present in an atom which is not shared with any other atom during bond formation.

(e) The relative molecular mass of a substance expressed in grams.

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(a) Calcium carbide (CaC2)

(b) Ethane (C2H6)

(c) Ferric hydroxide [Fe(OH)3]

(d) Lone pair of electrons

(e) Gram molecular mass

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