A series of carbon compounds having the same functional group, similar chemical properties, and differing successively by a –CH2– unit is known as a:
Polymer series
Homologous series
Isomeric series
Allotropic series
Methane (CH4) and ethane (C2H6), both belonging to the alkane homologous series, differ from each other by:
No structural difference
One CH2 unit
Three CH2 units
Two CH2 units