Question

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIIS QUESTION

The labels have fallen off three bottles. Bottle A contains a gas, bottle B contains a liquid and bottle C contains a solid. The labels indicate that the compounds have the same number of carbon atoms, one being and alkane, one an alcohol, and the other a carboxylic acid. Suggest the identity of the contents of each bottle, and give reasons for your answer.

Answer 1

The correct answer is - 5 carbon compounds due to low to high intermolecular forces between their molecules.

Step-by-step explanation:

Bottle C has gas in it and we know that alkane has carbon and hydrogen only which means they have a single sigma bond between them and very low intermolecular forces in between molecules and are present mostly at gaseous state. Thus, bottle C has alkane.

Alcohols have -OH group that can form rarely two pi bonds which means they have intermediate intermolecular force whereas acids have -cooH group with a high molecular force so bottle B with liquid is alcohol and A has acid.