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Question
Give the structural difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons with two examples each.
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Solution
Saturated hydrocarbons containing carbon-carbon single bond also, the carbon and hydrogen atoms bonded together by single bond.
i.e. alkane. eg. CH4 (Methane)
Unsaturated hydrocarbons have double or even triple bonds between carbon atoms.
i.e alkene e.g. CH2 = CH2 (ethene)
alkyne e.g. CH ≡ CH (ethyne)
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