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Currently this section contains no detailed description for the page, will update this page soon. Because carbon has 4 electrons in its outermost shell carbon has exactly four bonds to make, and is only stable if all 4 of these bonds are used. Volatile organics include the nonmethane hydrocarbons nmhcs, such as benzene, and their derivatives, such as formaldehyde. They can be found in crude oil and are separated by fractional distillation which means they are separated into different groups. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups called hydrocarbyls. Canon eos 5d mark ii city new york containerid s0022 donor peninsula library system. In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.