Question
Download Solution PDFThe general formula of alkane is-
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is CnH2n+2.
- The general formula of an alkane is CnH2n+2.
Key Points
- Hydrocarbons
- Compounds made of carbon and hydrogen atoms only are called hydrocarbons.
- Saturated hydrocarbons:
- The hydrocarbons in which carbon atoms are singly bonded are called saturated hydrocarbons.
- Saturated hydrocarbons are also called alkanes or paraffin.
- The general formula of alkane– CnH2n+2.
- Unsaturated hydrocarbons:
- The hydrocarbons in which carbon atoms are either doubly or triply bonded are called unsaturated hydrocarbons.
- Doubly bonded (carbon atoms) hydrocarbons are called alkenes.
- The general formula of alkene is CnH2n.
- Triply-bonded carbon:
- Hydrocarbons containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond between two carbon atoms are called alkynes.
- The general formula of alkynes is CnH2n-2.
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