A cycloalkane ________.

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A cycloalkane is a type of cyclic hydrocarbon in which the carbon atoms are joined in a ring. These rings can have varying numbers of carbon atoms, so there is no guarantee that there will be two fewer carbon atoms than the corresponding alkane. However, each carbon atom in a hydrocarbon typically has four chemical bonds, and in an alkane, each carbon atom is bonded to two hydrogen atoms (as well as two other carbon atoms). In a cycloalkane, each carbon atom is still bonded to four other atoms, but it is only bonded to one hydrogen atom and three other carbon atoms (since each carbon atom in the ring is bonded to two neighboring carbon atoms). Therefore, there will be two fewer hydrogen atoms in a cycloalkane than in the corresponding alkane.

A Cycloalkane ________