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How do aromatic compounds burn with sooty flame?

Answer 1

Carter Allen

Sooty combustion is associated with incomplete combustion

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Answer 2

Brooklyn Barber

Aromatic compounds burn with a sooty flame due to incomplete combustion. The high carbon content in aromatic compounds, like benzene rings, leads to the formation of carbon particles (soot) when they burn in the presence of insufficient oxygen. Complete combustion would produce carbon dioxide and water, but insufficient oxygen results in the incomplete breakdown of the aromatic compound, forming carbon particles and releasing energy in the form of a sooty flame.

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