Formic acid
What is Formic Acid?
Formic acid or methanoic acid is a colourless, pungent, corrosive liquid or the simplest carboxylic acid with the chemical formula H2CO2...
Methanol
Methanol Formula
Methanol or methyl alcohol also called carbinol is a colourless, inflammable, poisonous alcohol with the chemical formula CH3OH. It is missable with water...
Ethanol
Ethanol Formula
Ethanol or ethyl alcohol is a colorless, inflammable simple alcohol or organic compound used as a fuel and solvent in chemistry. It is...
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 organic epoxide compound with the molecular formula C2H4O. French chemist Charles-Adolphe Wurtz first...
Alkenes
What are Alkenes?
Alkenes or olefins are unsaturated hydrocarbon or organic compounds that contain at least one double bond along with single bonds in their...
Acetic Acid
What is Acetic acid?
Acetic acid also called ethanoic acid has the molecular formula CH3COOH and prepared industrially by various methods. It is the second...
Alcohol
Types of Alcohol in Chemistry
Types of alcohol uses for the manufacture of drinks or beer, vodka, and brandy include ethyl alcohol or ethanol. Alcohol...
Hydrocarbon
What is Hydrocarbon?
Hydrocarbon (aliphatic, aromatic, or polynuclear hydrocarbon) is a type of organic compound that processes hydrogen and carbon in the entire molecular formula. Hydrocarbons...
Alkenes Properties
Physical Properties of Alkanes
The physical properties of alkenes and alkanes in organic chemistry are very similar. Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons but alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons. Due...