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Differentiate between aromatic and aliphatic compounds.

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Aromatic compounds:

  • Aromatic compounds contain higher percentage of carbon. 
  • They bum with sooty flame. 
  • They are cyclic compounds with alternate single and double bonds. 
  • They are not attacked by normal oxidizing and reducing agents. They do not undergo addition reactions easily. They do not decolourise dilute alkaline aqueous KMnO4 and Br2 in CCl4 , though double bonds appear in their structure. 
  • They prefer substitution reactions.

Aliphatic compounds:

  • Aliphatic compounds contain lower percentage of carbon. 
  • They bum with non-sooty flame. 
  • They are open chain compounds.
  • They are easily attacked by oxidizing and reducing agents. 
  • Unsaturated aliphatic compounds undergo addition reactions easily. They decolourise dilute aqueous alkaline KMnO and Br2 in CCl4
  • The saturated aliphatic compounds give substitution reactions.


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