One of the following organic compounds cannot decolourise the red-brown colour bromine water. This compound is:

(a) C₁₄H₂₈
(b) C₁₄H₂₈
(c) C₁₄H₂₈
(d) C₁₄H₂₈

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Solution

(c) C₆H₁₄
C₆H₁₄is an alkane as its formula can be expressed as C_nH_2n+2. Alkanes are stable and cannot decolourize reddish-brown bromine water in the absence of a catalyst.

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