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How will you convert a saturated compound to an unsaturated compound?
The Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Alkenes and Alkynes

         An unsaturated hydrocarbon is a hydrocarbon containing at least one double or triple bond.
An alkene is a hydrocarbon containing double bonds. The general formula of an alkene is CnH2n.
An alkyne is a hydrocarbon containing triple bonds. The general formula of an alkyne is CnH2n-2.

        The term "saturated" is used to refer to a compound in which all carbon-carbon bonds are single bonds and every carbon atom is connected to a different atom. A saturated hydrocarbon will contain all the hydrogen atoms possible according to the alkane general formula CnH2n+2.

Conversion of unsatd. to satd. compound involves a lot of methods to be studied in higher classes.


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