List of top Science Questions on Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

The IUPAC name of CH$_3$CH$_2$CH$_2$OH is
Which of the following is liquid at room temperature?
Benzene reacts with nitric acid in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid to form
State two limitations of electrical impulses in multicellular organisms. Why is chemical communication better than electrical impulses as a means of communication between cells in multicellular organisms?

What is meant by functional group in carbon compounds? Write in tabular form the structural formula and the functional group present in the following compounds: 
(a) Ethanol 
(b) Ethanoic acid

What are structural isomers? Draw structural isomers of butane (\( C_4H_{10} \)). Give reason why propane has no structural isomers.
Select from the following a hydrocarbon having one C-C bond and one C=C bond: