Hydrocarbons

• Hydrocarbons

  Compounds containing only Carbon and Hydrogen atoms
• Molecules of hydrocarbons

  Atoms joined by pairs through the sharing of electrons
• Types of hydrocarbons

  • Alanes
  • Alkenes
• Alanes

  CnH2n+2, where n is a positive integer and the first member is methane
• Alkenes

  CnH2n, where n is a positive integer and the first member is ethene
• Saturated hydrocarbons

  Will not decolourise bromine solution
• Unsaturated hydrocarbons

  Will decolourise bromine solution
• Alanes

  • Saturated
  • Covalent bonds
• Alkenes

  • Unsaturated
  • Will decolourise bromine solution