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An organic compound burns with a sooty flame. Is it saturated or unsaturated compound?

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Saturated hydrocarbons will generally give a clean flame while unsaturated carbon compounds will give a yellow flame with lots of black smoke. This results in a sooty deposit. Hence the given compound is unsaturated compound.

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