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Cyclic hydrocarbons which can be represented as structures containing alternating single and double bonds are called ________.

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Answer: Aromatic hydrocarbons

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Aromatic hydrocarbons are cyclic hydrocarbons which contain alternate double and single bonds. This means that the double bonds are conjugated. Examples of such compounds include; benzene, naphthalene, anthracene etc. These alternate double and single bonds confer special stability on these species which reflects in their heats of hydrogenation and the difficulty of substitution reaction.

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