Differentiate between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons. - Vidyadip

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Differentiate between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons.

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Saturated hydrocarbons	Unsaturated hydrocarbons
Compounds in which all the carbon - carbon bonds are single bonds	Compounds in which at least one carbon - bond is a double or triple bond
Generally not very reactive. Shows, substitustion reaction (s)	More reactive than saturatred hyfroctions. Responds to addition reaction (s)
Burns with clean flame in sufficent amounts of oxygen	Burns with sooty flame in sufficient amounts of oxygen.

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