A hydrocarbon which on catalytic hydrogenation gives a saturated hydrocarbon is :

ethanol

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acetic acid

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ethene

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methane

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Solution

The correct option is C ethene
Ethyne and ethene both gives ethane on catalytic hydrogenation as $C H_{2} = C H_{2} + H_{2} \to C H_{3} C H_{3}$ and $C H \equiv C H + H_{2} \to C H_{3} C H_{3}$ .

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