Question

(a) What are hydrocarbons?
(b) Give difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.
(c) Why does carbon form large number of compounds?

Answer 1

Answer:

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups called hydrocarbyls.

Explanation:

Carbon forms large number of compound due to following reasons: 1. Catenation: The unique property of the 'C' element to be able to form continuous links with other 'C' atoms through covalency called catenation, is one reason for the existence of a large number of organic compounds.