In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups, called hydrocarbyls. Aromatic hydrocarbons (arenes), alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes and alkyne-based compounds are different types of hydrocarbons.

The majority of hydrocarbons found naturally occur in crude oil, where decomposed organic matter provides an abundance of carbon and hydrogen which, when bonded, can catenate to form seemingly limitless chains.

Contents

• 1 Types of hydrocarbons
  • 1.1 General properties
  • 1.2 Simple hydrocarbons and their variations
• 2 Usage
  • 2.1 Burning hydrocarbons
    • 2.1.1 Petroleum
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 Bibliography
• 6 External links

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