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Why do we classify hydrocarbon as saturated and unsaturated
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Hydrocarbons, which make up organic compounds, have distinct characteristics based on this further classification.

Unlike saturated hydrocarbons in which all hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms are bonded together with single bonds, unsaturated hydrocarbons have double or even triple bonds between the carbon atoms. This makes unsaturated hydrocarbons even more reactive than saturated hydrocarbons, as well as have fewer hydrogen atoms bonded to the carbon atoms than saturated hydrocarbons have.

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