A hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
Types of hydrocarbons
Saturated Hydrocarbons
- the simplest of the hydrocarbon species and are composed entirely of single bonds and are saturated with hydrogen. |
Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
-have one or more double or triple bonds between carbon atoms |
Cycloalkanes
-are hydrocarbons containing one or more carbon rings to which hydrogen atoms are attached. |
Aromatic hydrocarbons
-are hydrocarbons that have at least one aromatic ring. |
the THREE CLASSES
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbon