Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Alkanes

Alkanes — practice question

Which statement cannot be correct for an alkane?

  • AIt burns readily in a plentiful supply of air to form only carbon dioxide and water.
  • BIt decolourises aqueous bromine.
  • CIt has a boiling point of $-42\,^{\circ}\text{C}$.
  • DThe carbon and hydrogen atoms in the molecule are joined by sharing pairs of electrons.

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