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Carbon and its

Compounds

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4.1 BONDING IN CARBON THE COVALENT BOND

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4.2 VERSATILE NATURE OF CARBON

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4.2.1 Saturated and Unsaturated Carbon Compounds

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4.2.2 Chains, Branches and Rings

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4.2.3 Will you be my Friend?

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4.2.4 Homologous Series

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4.2.5 Nomenclature of Carbon Compounds

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4.3 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON COMPOUNDS

4.3.1 Combustion

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4.3.2 Oxidation
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4.3.3 Addition Reaction

4.3.4 Substitution Reaction

4.4 SOME IMPORTANT CARBON COMPOUNDS ETHANOL

AND ETHANOIC ACID

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4.4.1 Properties of Ethanol

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4.4.2 Properties of Ethanoic Acid

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4.5 SOAPS AND DETERGENTS

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