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In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in which all the carbon–carbon bonds are single. [1] Alkanes have the general chemical formula C n H 2n+2.
1 1 1 CH 4: methane: methyl hydride; natural gas 2 1 1 C 2 H 6: ethane: dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane 3 1 1 C 3 H 8: propane: dimethyl methane; propyl hydride 4 2 2 C 4 H 10: n-butane: butyl hydride; methylethyl methane 5 3 3 C 5 H 12: n-pentane: amyl hydride; Skellysolve A 6 5 5 C 6 H 14: n-hexane: dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl ...
Alkane C 2 H 2: Acetylene: Alkyne C 2 H 4: Ethylene: Alkene C 2 H 6: Ethane: Alkane C 3 H 4: Propyne: Alkyne C 3 H 6: Propene: Alkene C 3 H 8: Propane: Alkane C 4 H 6: 1,2-Butadiene: Diene: C 4 H 6: 1-Butyne: Alkyne C 4 H 8: 1-Butene: Alkene C 4 H 10: Butane: Alkane C 6 H 10: Cyclohexene: Cycloalkene C 5 H 12: n-pentane: Alkane C 7 H 14 ...
Ethane (1 C, 2 P) I. Lists of isomers of alkanes (6 P) M. Methane (3 C, 52 P) P. Propane (4 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Alkanes" The following 68 pages are in this ...
Tetracosane, also called tetrakosane, is an alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula H(CH 2) 24 H. As with other alkanes, its name is derived from Greek for the number of carbon atoms, 24, in the molecule. It has 14,490,245 constitutional isomers, [2] and 252,260,276 stereoisomers. [3]
Pentane is an organic compound with the formula C 5 H 12 —that is, an alkane with five carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of three structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, pentane means exclusively the n-pentane isomer, in which case pentanes refers to a mixture of them; the other two are called isopentane (methylbutane) and neopentane ...
Hexadecane (also called cetane) is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C 16 H 34. Hexadecane consists of a chain of 16 carbon atoms , with three hydrogen atoms bonded to the two end carbon atoms, and two hydrogens bonded to each of the 14 other carbon atoms.
Icosane (alternative spelling eicosane and eichosane [2]) is an alkane with the chemical formula C 20 H 42. It has 366,319 constitutional isomers . n -Icosane (the straight-chain structural isomer of icosane) is the shortest compound found in paraffin waxes used to form candles.