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Please help me. I need to know the names and properties of these 3 types of carbon-oxygen molecules.
Please try to answer as simply as possible because I am not very intelligent :P

I would really appreciate it if useful links are included.

2007-07-24 17:57:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

Please help me. I need to know the names and properties of these 3 types of carbon-oxygen molecules.
Please try to answer as simply as possible because I am not very intelligent :P

I would really appreciate it if useful links are included.

Here are the 3type of carbon bonds:

1. O-H.
2. C=O.
3. O=C-O-H

2007-07-24 18:03:47 · update #1

2 answers

alcohols: RCH2OH
acids: RCOOH
aldehydes: RCHO
amides: RCONH2
esters: RCOOR'

2007-07-24 18:03:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The two best known are CO or carbon monoxide and CO2 or carbon dioxide. Both substances are gases at room temperature. Both substances can be formed from the combustion of carbon, but the monoxide indicates incomplete combustion. CO is a dangerous, toxic substance and causes many deaths. CO2 is less toxic, but since it can't be used as an oxygen supply by humans, high concentrations lead to suffocation. CO2 is of concern in global warming, and the atmosphere contains about 350 part per million of the compound.

A third gaseous compound is the suboxide or C2O3.

2007-07-24 18:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0 0

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