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Nomenclature of Halogens, Ethers and Carboxylic Acids

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is a group of organic chemical compounds, usually listed in order of increasing size, that have a similar structure.

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Homologous series is a series of compounds with similar chemical properties and same functional group differing with the successive member by $C H_{2}$ . Alkanes with general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n + 2}$ , alkenes with general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n}$ and alkynes with general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n - 2}$ are the basic homologous series.

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