20. Suppose that you are given three colourless liquids whose identities are unknown. You are told that one is an alkane, one is an aldehyde, and one is a carboxylic acid. What property would you examine in order to differentiate between the liquids? Explain fully, using your knowledge of organic molecules and structures, how this property would allow you to distinguish between/ identify the compounds. (4A)

20. Suppose that you are given three colourless liquids whose identities are unknown. You are told that one is an alkane, one is an aldehyde, and one is a carboxylic acid. What property would you examine in order to differentiate between the liquids? Explain fully, using your knowledge of organic molecules and structures, how this property would allow you to distinguish between/ identify the compounds. (4A)

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Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

Alkanes are saturated organic compounds which are made up of C and H atoms. Alkanes have the general formula of CnH2n+2. Alkane contains sp3 hybridized carbon atoms with four sigmas (σ) bonds & every hydrogen atom is connected with one of the carbon atoms. The size of the alkane could be determined by the number of carbon atoms located in it.

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are told that one is an alkane, one is an aldehyde, and one is a carboxylic acid. What property
would you examine in order to differentiate between the liquids? Explain fully, using your
knowledge of organic molecules and structures, how this property would allow you to
distinguish between/ identify the compounds. (4A)

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