Question

Name the hydrocarbon shown below:
Is this molecule unsaturated ? Explain your answer.
Name the homologous series to which this hydrocarbon belongs.
Draw the full structural formula of the hydrocarbon with one more carbone atom in the same
homologous series.
H H H
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H-ċ-C=C-H
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Answer 1

Answer:

(1) - Pentene(C3H6) is the name of hydrocarbon shown below.

(2) - No it is unsaturated hydrocarbon, because it has a double bond between carbon and carbon atoms.

(3) - It belongs to alkene group.

(4) - ethene

H-C=C-H

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H H

C2H4