Give the structural difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons with two examples each.

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Saturated hydrocarbons contain carbon-carbon single bonds.
Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain at least one carbon-carbon double or triple bond.

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Give the structural difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons with two examples each.

Saturated hydrocarbons contain carbon-carbon single bonds.Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain at least one carbon-carbon double or triple bond.

Saturated hydrocarbons contain carbon-carbon single bonds.
Unsaturated hydrocarbons contain at least one carbon-carbon double or triple bond.