Question

Question 2 4 pts Which of the following correctly describe the structure below? Check ALL that apply. It is an organic compound It is a hydrocarbon It is aromatic It is DDT It is an alcohol

Answer 1

Mark option (1) and option (2) that correctly describe the following structure.

Explanation :-

Option (1) it's an organic compound , (2) it's a hydrocarbon are correct.

After solving the given structure, I concluded that it's n-butane​​​​​​(normal butane) having formula C4H10.

– Butane is an organic compound. From the organic compound ,we mean generally any chemical compound that contain carbon. And this has 4 carbon.

– Butane is a hydrocarbon because it's composed exclusively of hydrogen and carbon atoms.

# This compound is neither an aromatic nor an alcohol because aromatic compounds contain conjugated planar ring systems accompanied by delocalized pi-electron clouds in place of individual alternating double and single bonds. And there is no conjugated ring system and no pi- electrons present in the given structure.

Alcohol contains at least one hydroxyl functional group (–OH) bonded to hydrocarbon chain.

# This is not the structure of DDT which is Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane having molecular formula C14H9Cl5.

This is the structure of the DDT.

DDT structure

This is the given structure (solved).

C\\3 n-Butane