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Hydrocarbon is a compound. Unsaturated hydrocarbon refers to the hydrocarbon containing at the least, a double or triple bond. Acetic acid is an example of a hydrocarbon.

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What is the different between saturated and unsaturated?

Saturated hydrocarbon does not decolourise bromine water while unsaturated hydrocarbon decolourize it.


When a hydrocarbon is bent it is called?

unsaturated


Is methyl an unsaturated hydrocarbon?

No, methyl is not an unsaturated hydrocarbon. It is a saturated hydrocarbon because it contains only single bonds between carbon atoms. Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain double or triple bonds between carbon atoms.


A hydrocarbon that has one or more double or triple bonds is what?

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Are cyclic hydrocarbon unsaturated?

Cycloalkanes are saturated hydrocarbons.


What is the term for an unsaturated hydrocarbon?

These compounds are alkenes and alkynes.


How are unsaturated hydrocarbon converted into saturated hydrocarbon?

Through hydrogenation in the presence of the catalyst Pt/Pd/Ni .


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When one carbon in the hydrocarbon molecule has formed a double (or triple) bond with an adjacent carbon.


Example of unsaturated hydrocarbon?

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Which piece of information do you need to determine whether a hydrocarbon is saturated or unsaturated?

The type of C-C bonds in the molecule


Which class includes an unsaturated hydrocarbon with a ring structure?

The class of aromatic hydrocarbons


What is meant by unsaturated hydrocarbon?

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