Soda is a mixture. The ingredients list for a can of soda is given below. Carbonated water (water, carbon dioxide), high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavors, caffeine.

The ingredients of the soda are best described as

substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon:

- the single bond remains single. a is wrong.

- the bond with hydrogen is as strong as with a halogen. c is wrong

- a hydrocarbon is saturated if there is no double bond. we do not know that so d is wrong.

- carbon will always have four valence electrons. e is wrong.

by elimination, the correct answer is b. the boiling point of the new compound increases.