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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

How do you detect the unsaturated nature of alkene and alkyne

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
Unsaturatedcompounds are organic-chemical compounds whose molecular structure contains one or more carbon-carbon double bonds or triple bonds. These can also be conjugated. Examples are theunsaturatedfatty acids orunsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes and alkynes).

Reaction with bromine decolorises the red colour.