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These are compound out of many Carbon and Hydrogen atom,

In a single bonded and non cyclic carbon chain with as much as possible (= 'saturated with') single bonded H atoms to the C atoms.

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all single bonds between Carbon atoms

propane C-C-C

unsaturatd Propene C=C-C

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