Question

What are alicyclic compounds? Give two examples with their names.

Answer 1

Hint: Organic compounds exist in nature in different forms. Organic compounds are classified into different types based on the presence of different types of bonds and their structure. Examples of few types of organic compounds are alicyclic, aliphatic, aromatic etc.

Complete answer:
- In the question it is asked to write about alicyclic compounds with two examples and their names.
- First, we should know about the alicyclic compounds.
- The organic compounds which contain a cyclic ring in its structure 3 or more than 3 carbons in the rings.
- The alicyclic compounds may contain a side chain.
- Aromatic character is not present in the alicyclic compounds.
- Alicyclic compounds are going to have a saturated ring in their structures.
- The examples for alicyclic compounds are as follows.

- In the image we can see different examples for alicyclic compounds without side chains.
- In the above the examples are having three, four, five and six membered rings in their structures.
- Few alicyclic compounds contain double bonds but not in alternate positions.
- The example for unsaturated alicyclic compounds is as follows.

- The cyclohexene is an example of an unsaturated alicyclic compound.

Note:
The alicyclic compounds may contain a double bond or may not contain a double bond in its structure. It is not mandatory to have double bonds in the alicyclic organic compounds. But alicyclic compounds should not contain an alternate double in its structure.