Question

A saturated hydrocarbon is also an

• A. alkyne
• B. alkene
• C. alkane
• D. Ester

Answer 1

Answer:

C. alkane

Saturated hydrocarbon:

• A saturated hydrocarbon is a carbon compound that contains only single bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms.

• Saturated hydrocarbons are molecules with only single bonds.

• They consist of a carbon atom bonded to a maximum number of hydrogen atoms.

• Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons.

• Each single bond in a saturated hydrocarbon is a covalent bond.