Question

what are hydrocarbons and how are they classified?

Answer 1

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Compounds of carbon and hydrogen are called hydrocarbons. Branch of chemistry that deals with hydrocarbons is called organic chemistry.

It is of 3 types-

1. ALKANES - CnH2n+2
2. ALKENES - CnH2n
3. ALKYNES - CnH2n-2

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Answer 2

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The compounds which contains carbon and hydrogen as the only elements are called hydrocarbons.

Hydrocarbons can be open chain or cyclic. In accordance with presence or absence of carbon-carbon multiple bond (C=C and/or C = C) the hydrocarbons are called unsaturated or saturated. Cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon can be either aromatic or nonaromatic.