What's the difference between alkanes and alkenes, and what's an example of each?
2 Answers
See below.
Explanation:
Alkenes are saturated hydrocarbons and contain only single bonds. Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons and contain one carbon to carbon double bond.
Alkanes: methane ethane propane
Alkenes: ethenen propene; butene
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So to your answer your question....an alkane has the maximum number of hydrogens, and is saturated with respect to hydrogen content....
And alkenes or olefins have ONE degree of unsaturation given the presence of the