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What method is suitable to determine the presence of oxygen in an organic compound?
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an oxygen atom can show up in an organic molecule as part of many different functional groups, such as an alcohol (-OH), ketone (=O), aldehyde (-COH), carboxylic acid (-COOH), ester (-COO-), amide (-CON-) ether (-O-), as well as several other less common functional groups such as sulfate, sulfonyl, nitroso, etc. There are some specific reactions you can do to detect certain specific functional groups (tollen's silver mirror test for aldehydes comes to mind), but the best way is a combination of IR (infrared spectroscopy), NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), and mass spectrometry. Data from these 3 tests should allow you to figure out what your molecule is (and definitely if there are any oxygen-containing functional groups).
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Why is it difficult to test the presence of chlorine in organic compound than inorganic compound?
hahaha Fail!
Is C10H16N2O3S organic or inorganic?
Organic...Notice the presence of the C atoms
Is C10H22 organic or inorganic?
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What solvent used to determine the density of diphenyl?
Toluene, benzene, or hexane are suitable organic solvents for determining the density of diphenyl.
Is the melting point of organic compound high or low?
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Why the lime water cannot be determine the presence of oxygen in an organic compound?
Oxygen has been used up during combustion process of the mixture.
Why is it more difficult to test for the presence of chlorine in organic compounds than in inorganic compounds?
because chlorine is not organic compound it is an in organic compound and organic compound dissolves only in organic compound so therefore it is too difficult
What is an iki test?
It tests for the presence of starches in an organic compound..
Why determination of carbon and hydrogen in sugar method cannot be determine the presence of oxygen in an organic compound?
because kCLO3 already contain oxygen. so, it can't be determine which one oxygen came from.
Why is it difficult to test the presence of chlorine in organic compound than inorganic compound?
hahaha Fail!
Is C10H16N2O3S organic or inorganic?
Organic...Notice the presence of the C atoms
What is Best way to determine mineral content of an organic compound?
the best way is nothing
How is an organic compound different from an organic compound?
Do you mean how is an organic compound different from an inorganic compound? If so, an organic compound has carbon, an inorganic compound does not need to have carbon.
How do you determine the pKa value of an organic compound for HPLC method?
the organic compound three kind normal, acid and basic compound for acid compound the pKa from 3 to 5, normal pKa around 7 and basic compound more than 7 also you can know the kind of organic compound from structure that you can see acidic or basic grope like carboxylic acid or amine.
Is C10H22 organic or inorganic?
C7H12 is an organic molecule as it contains only carbon and hydrogen - it is a hydrocarbon. Here is a definition of 'organic molecule': 'An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon.'
What solvent used to determine the density of diphenyl?
Toluene, benzene, or hexane are suitable organic solvents for determining the density of diphenyl.
Is the melting point of organic compound high or low?
Melting point is important in organic chemistry because it can be used for the identification of a compound. For pure solid organic compounds will have a small melting point range (0.5-10C),thus presence of impurity can also be find out by Melting point.
