Classification of Organic Compounds

Write any two examples for non-benzenoid aromatic compounds.

Naphthalene is a benzenoid aromatic compound.

What are heterocyclic aromatic compounds?

Write any three examples for homocyclic aromatic compounds having benzene ring.

Identify an aromatic compound having benzene ring.

What are homocyclic non-aromatic compounds?

What are aliphatic compounds?

The existence of the large number of organic compounds is due to the _____ property of the carbon atom.

The existence of the large number of organic compounds is due to the catenation property of the carbon atom.

Baccatin $\mathrm{III}$ is the name of a biologically active compound, that can be isolated from the Pacific yew tree, Taxus bervifolia. Together with $10$-deacetylbaccatin, it is a precursor of the anticancer drug Taxol. Baccatin $\mathrm{III}$ can be converted into $10$-deacetylbaccatin by the following reaction:

Suggest why baccatin $\mathrm{III}$ cannot be synthesised with a reasonable yield by the reaction of $10$-deacetylbaccatin with ethanoic acid?

Baccatin $\mathrm{III}$ is the name of a biologically active compound, that can be isolated from the Pacific yew tree, Taxus bervifolia. Together with $10$-deacetylbaccatin, it is a precursor of the anticancer drug Taxol. Baccatin $\mathrm{III}$ can be converted into $10$-deacetylbaccatin by the following reaction:

State the names of the two circled functional groups.