What is art homologous series? Fxplain with an example.
It is a group of members of same class of organic compound having similar chemical properties, they have same general formula. They have same functional group, when arranged in the ascending order of molecular mass they differ by 14 a.m.u. or CH2 group. Example: Alkane General formula-CnH2n+2 Methane CH4 Ethane C2H6 Propane C3H8 Butane C4H10
