Match these words /sentences with appropriate statements given below:
(methanol, fermentation, catenation, homologous series, hydrogen gas)
i) The ability of carbon to form a large number of compounds through self-linking property.
ii) Alcohols react with sodium to give this element.
iii) This series helps in giving knowledge and enables a systematic study of members.
iv) Formation of simple molecules from complex organic compounds using enzymes.
v) Unlike ethanol, the intake of this compound in very small quantities can cause death.

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Solution

(i) Catenation.
(ii) (Refer to Image) Hydrogen gas.
(iii) Homologous series.
(iv) Fermentation.
It is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes is organic substrates through action of enzymes.
(v) Methanol $(C H_{3} O H)$ .
Methanol ingestion results in central nervous system depression, nausea, dizziness, headache, confusion, etc. After 10 to 30 hours of initial exposure to methanol, blurring or complete loss of vision and acidosis occurs.

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