Question: what is the difference between cyclic hydrocarbons and aromatic hydrocarbons?
Answer: Answer. Alicyclic hydrocarbons are those compounds which contain ring of 3 or more carbon atoms which resemble aliphatic (acyclic) hydrocarbons in their properties. ... Aromatic hydrocarbons are cyclic hydrocarbons with alternative double bonds in conjugation which contains 4n+2 number of pi-electrons.