How Do You Learn About The Chemistry Of Saturated Hydrocarbons And Its Physical Properties?
• Saturated organic compounds are those types of compounds which contain mainly C-H bonds that are in the Sp3 type of hybridization. Hybridization refers to a quantum mechanical procedure in which valence orbitals on atoms are being mixed to for hybridized orbitals that are identical in energy and shape. The number of hybridized orbitals in a specific atom will depend on the type of hybridization. • For example Sp3 type of hybridization is a mixture of 4 valence orbitals on carbon atom. The most important group of saturated organic compounds is the hydrocarbons. This group of organic compounds is the typical form of organic compounds that is present at the surface of the earth crust. Saturated hydrocarbons differ than other types of hydrocarbons by the lack of C-C double bonds in its molecular structure. • This fact of having only single bonds in its chemical structure confers chemical inertness to this type of compounds. This is provided that there is no attachment of electronegative
