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Pick out the suitable statements for the given compound.

CH3−CH2−CH2−CH=CH−CH3

A
It's a saturated compound
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It's an alkene
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General formula of the compound is CnH2n
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IUPAC name is hex-4-ene
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Solution

The correct options are
B It's an alkene
C General formula of the compound is CnH2n
The given compound is an unsaturated hydrocarbon because it contains a C=C bond. It is an alkene having the general formula CnH2n. The given compound is numbered as shown below.

CH36CH25CH24CH3=CH2CH31
The compound has six carbon atoms in it and hence, the word root is 'hex'.
It has a double bond between the second and the third carbon atoms and hence, the suffix will be '2-ene'.

Therefore, the IUPAC name of the given compound is hex-2-ene.

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