Complete combustion of a hydrocarbon causes the carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon molecule to be oxidised to

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Complete combustion of a hydrocarbon causes the carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon molecule to be oxidised to their highest oxidation state, +4. See the experiment which shows the complete combustion of ethyne.
i. What are the colours of the products of the complete combustion of ethyne?
ii. What was the colour of one of the products you noticed after observing the oxyacetylene flame? Name this product and list its oxidation state.
iii. Why do you think that the product in ii. above was formed?
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 9788120307209

6th Edition

Authors: Robert Thornton Morrison, Robert Neilson Boyd

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