Alkane is single bond, alkene is double bond, alkyne is triple bond, but why’s there no quadruple bond?
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Because then all the four available bonds would be used up holding the carbons together, leaving no space for the hydrogen to attach. It’d no longer be a hydrocarbon, it’d be diatomic carbon. There’s some evidence that this can happen (I found a paper, but couldn’t access it), but it’s not at all stable.
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