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A hydrocarbon that contains a C to C double bond is:Group of answer choicesSaturatedUnsaturatedAlkaneAlcohol

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Answer: the best option to answer the question is the second one (letter B).

Step-by-step explanation:

The question requires us to choose, among the options given, which one best describes a hydrocarbon that contains a C to C double bond.

We can give the following definitions to the options provided by the question:

- Saturated: a saturated hydrocarbon presents all C to C bonds as single bonds;

- Unsaturated: an unsaturated hydrocarbon presents at least one C to C double (or triple) bond;

- Alkane: an alkane can be defined as an open chain hydrocarbon that contains only single C to C bonds;

- Alcohol: in chemistry, an alcohol is defined as a moelcule that contains at least one hydroxyl (-OH) attatched to a carbon atom of a hydrocarbon chain.

Considering the definitions above, we can say that an unsaturated hydrocarbon best describes a hydrocarbon that contains a C to C double bond. Therefore, the best option to answer the question is the second one (letter B).

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