Question

Q. Give a test to distinguish between saturated and unsaturated Hydrocarbons.

Answer 1

bromine solution test.

Answer 2

Testing. To test whether thehydrocarbon is unsaturated one would typically use the bromine test, which involves the addition of bromine water to the hydrocarbon in question; if the bromine water is decolorized by thehydrocarbon, it can then be concluded that the hydrocarbon is unsaturated.