Alkynes are unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a carbon-carbon triple bond. They have the general formula CnH2n-2. The IUPAC system names alkynes by adding the suffix -yne, which indicates the presence of a triple bond. Higher alkynes are named by numbering the longest carbon chain containing the triple bond from the end that gives the lower set of numbers to the triply bonded carbons.
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