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What does the name 2–butene tell you about this hydrocarbon's molecular structure?

A.There are two carbon atoms and all single carbon bonds.

B. There are two carbon atoms and a double carbon bond.

C. There are three carbon atoms and a double carbon bond that starts on the second carbon atom.

D. There are four carbon atoms and a double carbon bond that starts on the second carbon atom.

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Option D. There are four carbon atoms and a double bond that starts on the second carbon atom.

Methane: one carbon
Ethene: two carbons
Propene: three carbons
Butene: four carbons.
Pentene: five carbons

The suffix - ene is used for double bonds.

The number 2- indicates the place of the carbon on which the double bond is located.
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Gradpoint answer:  a four-carbon hydrocarbon with a double bond between the second and third carbon atoms