Question 6(b)
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The table shows the structures of four hydrocarbons.
Compound P is saturated.
What is meant by the term saturated?
CAIE IGCSE Chemistry 11.1.5 Saturated compound has molecules in
Practise deciding when an organic compound is saturated by checking whether every carbon-carbon bond in the molecule is single.
How this is tested
- define saturated by stating that all carbon-carbon bonds in the molecule are single bonds