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why some hydrocarbons compounds form cyclic chains?

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Cyclic hydrocarbons are as much part of organic chemistry as linear structures. They both are petroleum products.
Carbon can form four bonds and sometimes linear structures are formed and sometimes cyclic.

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Q. Consider the following statements :
(a) All hydrocarbons show phenomena of isomerism.
(b) The members of a homologous series have similar chemical and physical properties.
(c) Cyclic hydrocarbons are saturated or unsaturated organic compounds that contain ring of carbon atoms.
(d) Synthetic detergents are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Why do carbon form chains? And why carbon compounds are called organic compounds?

Q. _____ is the property of carbon atom that enables it to form stable long chains or cyclic compounds with itself.

Q. Why can't carbon form ionic compounds? How can they form long chains of carbon.

Q. You are given the following molecular formulae of some hydrocarbons:
C₅H₈; C₇H₁₄; C₆H₆; C₅H₁₀; C₇H₁₂; C₆H₁₂
(a) Which formula represent cyclohexane as well as hexene?
(b) Which formula represents benzene?
(c) Which three formulae represent open chain unsaturated hydrocarbons having double bonds?
(d) Which two formulae represent unsaturated hydrocarbons having triple bonds?
(e) Which three formulae can represent cyclic hydrocarbons?

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