A Hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting of Hydrogen and Carbon. The greater part of hydrocarbons found on earth naturally occur in crude oil, where decaying organic matter provides an abundance of carbon and hydrogen which, when bonded, can catenate to form seemingly boundless chains.
Classified into two(2) :
1. ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
- It consist of linear chains of carbon atoms.
- The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon is Methane (CH4)
Under Aliphatic Hydrocarbons,
- are the simplest of the hydrocarbon species. They are also called saturated hydrocarbons since they are composed totally of single bonds and are saturated with hydrogen.
2. Alkenes (olefins)
– They are also called unsaturated hydrocarbon (hydrocarbons having one or more double or triple bonds between carbon atoms).
Alkenes are mainly composed
of double
bonds.
3.
Alkynes
– are composed of triple bonds and it is also
unsaturated hydrocarbons.
2. AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
- It consist
of closed rings of carbon atoms.
- Also known as arenes, are hydrocarbons that have at least
one aromatic
ring.
- Its building blocks are benzene rings.
- The simplest aromatic hydrocarbon is benzene, which is simply a
ring.
- Can be classified as monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbons.
Under the aromatic hydrocarbons,
- are hydrocarbons containing one or more carbon rings
to which
hydrogen atoms are attached.
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