
These compounds are also similar to alkanes. They have the general formula C2H2n-2 corresponding to carbon chains with a triple carbon-carbon bond included. The simplest member of this family is ethyne (also known as acetylene). The triple bond makes thes
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Unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon-carbon triple bonds.
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Also known as acetylenes, acyclic branched or unbranched hydrocarbons having a one or more triple carbon-carbon bonds. In systematic chemical nomenclature alkyne names end in the suffix -yne. The general formula is C
nH
(2n+2)-4x where x is the number of t...
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Unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain one or more carbon-carbon triple bonds.
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Acyclic hydrocarbons with one triple bond of the general formula cn-h2n-2. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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These compounds are also similar to alkanes. They have the general formula C2H2n-2 corresponding to carbon chains with a triple carbon-carbon bond included. The simplest member of this family is ethyne (also known as acetylene). The triple bond makes these compounds very reactive. Some simple alkynes are listed below:
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