Question

What type of bondes do alkanes contain?

Answer 1

Thanks for your question involving organic compounds called alkanes.

Alkanes have single bonds between carbon atoms. Since hydrogen only has one valence electron, it can only form a single bond. Carbon, on the other hand, has 4 valence electrons. Carbon can form single, double, and triple bonds to achieve its octet.

Alkanes have only single bonds between the carbon atoms in a molecular compound.