Open-chain saturated hydrocarbons are called___.

Paraffin

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Alkenes

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Alkynes

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Alkyl groups

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Paraffin

An alkane, or paraffin (a historical name that also has other meanings), is a saturated hydrocarbon. Alkanes consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and all bonds are single bonds. Alkanes (technically, always acyclic or open-chain compounds) have the general chemical formula $C_{n} H_{2 n + 2}$ . For example, methane is $C H_{4}$ , in which n=1 (n being the number of carbon atoms).

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