Question

Examples for saturated and unsaturated carbon atoms

Answer 1

“Saturated” hydrocarbons have only single bonds between carbon atoms. Methane would be the simplest. Examples of saturated hydrocarbons include methane and hexane.(Notice the recurring ending “-ane”.)

There are three types of unsaturated hydrocarbons: alkenes, alkynes and aromatic hydrocarbons.

Ethene, C2H4, is an example of an unsaturated hydrocarbon. Other examples of unsaturated compounds are benzene, C6H6, and acetic acid, C2H4O2. All bond angles about the carbon-carbon double bond are 120o. ... Alkenes have the general formula CnH2n, and are examples of unsaturated hydrocarbons.(Notice the recurring ending “-ene”.)