Ethane, Ethene, Ethanoic acid, Ethyne, Ethanol
(i) The compound $- O H$ as the part of its structure
(ii) The compound with $- C O O H$ as part of its structure.
(iii) Homologue of homologous series with the general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n}$

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(i) The compound $- O H$ as the part of its structure:
The molecular formula of Ethanol is $C_{2} H_{5} O H$ and $- O H$ is a functional group in it.
Structure of Ethanol ( $C_{2} H_{5} O H$ ) is as follows.

(ii) The compound with $- C O O H$ as part of its structure:
The compound $- C O O H$ as a part of the structure is Ethanoic acid $C H_{3} C O O H$
The common name of Ethanoic acid ( $C H_{3} C O O H$ ) is Acetic acid.
The molecular formula of Ethanoic acid is $C H_{3} C O O H$ with $- C O O H$ a functional group.
Structure of Ethanoic acid ( $C H_{3} C O O H$ ):
(iii) Homologue of homologous series with the general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n}$
Ethene belongs to the homologous series of Alkenes with general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n}$ .
The molecular formula of Ethene is $C_{2} H_{4}$
Structure of Ethene is as follows.
$H_{2} C = C H_{2}$

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Ethane, Ethene, Ethanoic acid, Ethyne, Ethanol(i) The compound -OH as the part of its structure(ii) The compound with -COOH as part of its structure.(iii) Homologue of homologous series with the general formula CnH2n

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(i) The compound $- O H$ as the part of its structure
(ii) The compound with $- C O O H$ as part of its structure.
(iii) Homologue of homologous series with the general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n}$