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What are alkanes,alkenes and alkynes

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Alkanes are compound that contains carbon-hydrogen atoms bonded to another by carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen single bond.

Alkanes are also called saturated hydrocarbon.

The general molecular formula for alkanes is written below as


\text{ C}_nH_{2n\text{ + 2}}

Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains carbon and hydrogen atoms bonded to at least carbon-carbon double bond.

The general molecular formula for alkenes is written below as


\text{ C}_nH_{2n\text{ }}

Alkynes are unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains carbon and hydrogen atoms bonded to at least carbon-carbon triple bond.

The general molecular formula is given below as


\text{ C}_nH_{2n\text{ - 2}}

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