Nature's chemistry. Hydrocarbons and homologous series. A homologous series is a family of hydrocarbons with similar chemical properties who share the same general formula. We will look at three hydrocarbon series: alkanes, alkenes and the cycloalkanes. read more
Best Answer: Basically homologous means 'written the same'. Taking the three simplest types of hydrocarbon, alkanes, alkenes and alkynes we can write a general formula to represent the whole family (or homologous series). read more