Question
Question: How many C-C bonds are there in hexene? What is the structural formula for hexene?...
How many C-C bonds are there in hexene? What is the structural formula for hexene?
Solution
Hint First you should know the structure of the hexene and then with the help of that structure you can easily calculate how many carbon single bonds are present in it. Now answer the given statement.
Complete step by step answer:
First of let’s discuss what is a hexene. By the word hex we mean six i.e. it means there are six carbon atoms present in the hexene molecule and by the word ene ,we mean that the hexene molecule consists of -C-C- double bond in it.
In others words, we can simply say that hexene is an alkene i.e. a unsaturated compound consisting of the carbon-carbon double bond in it.
Now considering the statement;
First of all, we will draw the structure of the hexene molecule and then, through the structure, we can find how many -C-C bonds are present in the hexene molecule.
The structure of hexene is as:
CH3−CH2−CH2−CH2−CH=CH2
So, from the structure of hexene, we can see that there are four -C-C bonds in the hexene and one carbon double carbon is also present in the hexene.
Note: Don’t get confused in the alkanes and alkenes. Alkanes are the saturated compounds and the simplest hydrocarbons in comparison to the alkenes and the alkynes which consist of the carbon-carbon single bond in their compounds. On the other hand, alkenes are the unsaturated hydrocarbons which consists of the carbon-carbon double bonds in their compounds