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Title: Saturated Hydrocarbon
Post by: FouRRaW on April 19, 2007, 11:42:20 AM

I got a question here

 Q.  Using diagrams, show the difference between the molecular structure of a saturated and a cyclic hydrocarbon.

So is this this saying that a cyclic hydrocarbon is not a saturated hydrocarbon? 

What is though was that a saturated hydrocarbon was simply just a carbon chain with single bonds?

Or is this question just phrased kind of funny?

Anyone know?

Title: Re: Saturated Hydrocarbon
Post by: Borek on April 19, 2007, 12:49:45 PM

Perhaps it refers to the fact that cyclic hydrocarbons follow C_nH_2n formula, same as alkenes do.