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A hydrocarbon is just what it sounds like, carbons with hydrogens on them. Carbon is able to form four (4) bonds to other elements (from the octet rule), where as Hydrogen can only from one (only has s orbital).
Hydrocarbon chains are linkages between carbons with hydrogens coming off the carbon. H3C-(CH2)n-CH3 is the chemical formula, where n is the number of linking carbons. Cn-H(2n+2) is the chemical formula, where n is the total number of carbons, notice each carbon is bonded to two carbons and two hydrogens, thus 2n; plus 2 because the terminal carbons have 3 H-C bonds and one C-C bond. They are said to be saturated when they follow Cn-H(2n+2), which is to say there are no double bonds.
An unsaturated hydrocarbon occurs when carbons forms two bonds between them, i.e. C=C instead of C-C. This gives rise to a loss of two hydrogens because the carbons can only have four total bonds to it. H3C-CH2-CH=CH-CH3 would be an example. Notice that it only has 10 hydrogens, where there would be 12 in a saturated hydrocarbon.
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∙ 7y agoSaturated hydrocarbons doesn't have double or triple bonds.
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How did you mean by saturated hydrocarbons?
Saturated hydrocarbons have only single bonds between carbon atoms.
What distinguishing characteristic is common in the name of saturated hydrocarbons?
what distinguishing characteristic is common in the names of saturated hydrocarbons?
Are alcohols saturated hydrocarbons?
Yes
Which alkanes compounds are saturated hydrocarbons?
All non-cyclic alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons of the general formula: CnH(2n+2)
How can a potassium permanganate test to distinguish saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons?
saturated decolourises alkyl kmno4 but unsaturated does not. due to substituition reaction by saturated solution
Do Saturated hydrocarbons Contain only single bond?
Saturated hydrocarbons contain only single bonds, such as hexane. Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain either double or triple bonds, such as hexene and hexyne.
The names of saturated hydrocarbons end in what?
-ane
What are Hydrocarbons containing only single-bonded carbon atoms called?
Saturated hydrocarbons
How can saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons be differentiated on the basis of combustion?
Saturated hydrocarbons sometimes burn with smoky flame upon combustion while unsaturated hydrocarbons always burn with non-smoky or blue flame. This is on account of the reason that for the same number of carbon atoms in their molecular formula, saturated hydrocarbons have more number of hydrogen atoms as compared to unsaturated hydrocarbons.
Is the decolorization of bromine more rapid with saturated or unsaturated?
Bromine decolorize saturated hydrocarbons.
What family of hydrocarbons are always saturated compounds?
Alkanes:)
Are cyclic hydrocarbon unsaturated?
Cycloalkanes are saturated hydrocarbons.
