. Suppose that you are working with four unknown compounds in a chemistry laboratory. Your teacher tells you that these compounds are alkane, alcohol, ester and organic acid. Use the table of physical properties shown below to identify each unknown compound.

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23. Suppose that you are working with four unknown compounds in a chemistry laboratory. Your teacher tells
you that these compounds are alkane, alcohol, ester and organic acid. Use the table of physical properties
shown below to identify each unknown compound.
Compound A is
Compound C is
Compound Boiling
point
A
B
C
D
-89°C
77°C
Odour
118°C
Odourless
Sweet
78°C Sharp, antiseptic Very polar
smell
Molecular
polarity
Non-polar
Polar
Sharp, vinegar
smell
Very polar
Compound B is
Compound D is
Transcribed Image Text:23. Suppose that you are working with four unknown compounds in a chemistry laboratory. Your teacher tells you that these compounds are alkane, alcohol, ester and organic acid. Use the table of physical properties shown below to identify each unknown compound. Compound A is Compound C is Compound Boiling point A B C D -89°C 77°C Odour 118°C Odourless Sweet 78°C Sharp, antiseptic Very polar smell Molecular polarity Non-polar Polar Sharp, vinegar smell Very polar Compound B is Compound D is
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