Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 21 - Exercises - Page 881b: 23

Answer

Two examples of saturated hydrocarbons are: 1. Propane ($CH_{3}-CH_{2}-CH_{3}$) 2. hexane ($CH_{3}-CH_{2}-CH_{2}-CH_{2}-CH_{2}-CH_{3}$) Total four no. of atoms are bonded to each 'C' in a saturated hydrocarbons.

Work Step by Step

Saturated hydrocarbons means hydrocarbons having only c-c single bonds. So, here each C atom is saturated i.e. bonded with four atoms.
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