Question

Hexyne. What does the name of this hydrocarbon tell you about its molecular structure?

Answer 1

A six carbon compound containing a triple bond.

Answer 2

Answer : The name of this hydrocarbon tell us about that there are six carbon atoms and ten hydrogen atoms in a triple-bond linear chain.

Explanation :

Alkyne : It is the class of organic compounds containing a carbon-carbon triple bond are called alkyne. The general formula of the alkyne is,
`C_nH_(2n-2)`.

The given molecule is, Hexyne. 'Hex' means 6 and 'yne' means it has a triple bond. The formula of hexyne is,
`C_6H_(10)`

The long chain structure of hexyne is,
`H_3C-CH_2-CH_2-CH_2-C\equiv CH`

It is an unsaturated hydrocarbon which contains six number of carbon atoms and ten number of hydrogen atoms with triple bond and all the carbon atoms are in linear chain.

Hence, the name of this hydrocarbon tell us about that there are six carbon atoms and ten hydrogen atoms in a triple-bond linear chain.