Is acetone a Hydrocarbon?

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Solution

Yes, acetone belongs to the hydrocarbons.
Hydrocarbons include those compounds which has parent chain of carbon and hydrogen.
Acetone is considered in the Ketonic group, which has $C = O$ as its Functional group.
Formula of Acetone: $C_{3} H_{6} O$ .
Functional group nothing rather than derivates of hydrocarbons.
So, we can consider acetone in hydrocarbon.
Structure of Acetone:

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