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  1. Member of the family of hydrocarbons with the
  2. general formula CnH2n-2, commonly known as
  3. acetylenes. They are unsaturated compounds,
  4. characterized by one or more triple bonds
  5. between adjacent carbon atoms. Lighter
  6. alkynes are gases (for example, ethyne);
  7. heavier ones are liquids or solids.
  8.