1. What characterstics do many organic compounds have in common?
2. What distinguishing characterstic is common in the names of saturated hydrocarbons?
2006-09-29 19:39:30 · 3 answers · asked by PATRICK M 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
All organic compounds contain carbon. Many organic compounds are associated with living organisms.
Saturated hydrocarbon names end in "-ane" (methane, ethane, heptane, octane, etc)
2006-09-29 20:44:44 · answer #1 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon and hydrogen; therefore, carbides, carbonates, carbon oxides and elementary carbon are not organic.
2006-09-30 00:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by The Bookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
organic compounds are compounds of carbon except oxides of metal,carbonates,bicarbonates,hydrogen and of ammonium radical.
there r two Unsaturated hydrocarbon they are
Alkane---------------For eg Butane
Alkene---------------For eg Butene
Satuarted Hydrocarbons are
Alkynes-------------for eg Butyne
2006-09-29 22:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by Rachit Sood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋