Some important points on Hydrocarbons:-
- Today in this article I will discuss on some important points of hydrocarbons which will help class 9 and class 10 school going students a lot.
- What are hydrocarbons?
Answer:-
- The binary compounds which are formed when carbon reacts with hydrogen is called hydrocarbons. e.g;Methane(CH₄),Ethane(C₂H₆),Ethene (C₂H₄), Propyne (C₃H₄)
- How Hydrocarbons are classified?
Answer:-
- Hydrocarbons are mainly divided in two types (1) Aliphatic or acyclic. (2)Alicyclic. They are further divided as per following picture shown:-
- What are aliphatic or acyclic hydrocarbons?
Answer:-
- The hydrocarbons which have simple long chain structure is known as aliphatic or acyclic hydrocarbons.e,g; Butane(C₄H₁₀), Pentane(C₅H₁₂)
- What are alicyclic hydrocarbons?
Answer:-
- The hydrocarbons which are cyclic in order may have carbon ring or not in their structure are known as alicyclic hydrocarbons. e,g; Benzene(C₆H₆), Cyclo pentane(C₅H₁₂).