EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -When bromine water is shaken with a liquid organic compound, it is rapidly decolourized. What can be determined from this test? The compound is an alcohol.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bromine water test is a qualitative test, used to identify the alkene or alkane functional groups present in the compound. Alkene groups react with bromine water in the dark condition and undergo an addition reaction, to give a decolourized solution.

Detailed explanation-3: -An organic compound is fully identified only if its molecular structure is entirely known, including its isomeric and spatial (stereo) configuration. While this information can be obvious for small molecules (C1, C2), it becomes increasingly challenging to obtain as their size and molecular weight (MW) increase.

Detailed explanation-4: -A series of organic compounds that contains the same functional group and in which the number of carbon atoms in each consecutive member differs by one is called a homologous series for that functional group. The series CH3Br, C2H5Br, and C3H7Br represents the first three members of the homologous series of bromides.