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The following is a list of alkanes and their common names, sorted by number of carbon atoms. An alkane in organic chemistry is a type of hydrocarbon in which the molecule has the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms and so has no double bonds (they are saturated). ...
General Name, Symbol, Number Carbon, C, 6 Chemical series Nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14 (IVA), 2, p Density, Hardness 2267 kg/m3 0. ...
Number of C atoms Formula Common name Synonyms 1 CH4 Methane 2 C2 H6 Ethane 3 C3 H8 Propane 4 C4 H10 n -Butane 5 C5 H12 n -Pentane amyl hydride; skellysolve 6 C6 H14 n -Hexane dipropyl methane; gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride 7 C7 H16 n -Heptane 8 C8 H18 n -Octane 9 C9 H20 n -Nonane 10 C10 H22 n -Decane 11 C11 H24 n -Undecane hendecane 12 C12 H26 n -Dodecane dihexyl; bihexyl; adakane 12; or duodecane 13 C13 H28 n -Tridecane 14 C14 H30 n -Tetradecane 15 C15 H32 n -Pentadecane 16 C16 H34 n -Hexadecane cetane 17 C17 H36 n -Heptadecane 18 C18 H38 n -Octadecane 19 C19 H40 n -Nonadecane 20 C20 H42 n -Eicosane 21 C21 H44 n -Heneicosane 22 C22 H46 n -Docosane 23 C23 H48 n -Tricosane 24 C24 H50 n -Tetracosane 25 C25 H52 n -Pentacosane 26 C26 H54 n -Hexacosane 27 C27 H56 n -Heptacosane 28 C28 H58 n -Octacosane 29 C29 H60 n -Nonacosane 30 C30 H62 n -Triacontane 31 C31 H64 n -Hentriacontane 32 C32 H66 n -Dotriacontane dicetyl 33 C33 H68 n -Tritriacontane 34 C34 H70 n -Tetratriacontane 35 C35 H72 n -Pentatriacontane 36 C36 H74 n -Hexatriacontane 37 C37 H76 n -Heptatriacontane 38 C38 H78 n -Octatriacontane 39 C39 H80 n -Nonatriacontane 40 C40 H82 n -Tetracontane 41 C41 H84 n -Hentetracontane 42 C42 H86 n -Dotetracontane 43 C43 H88 n -Tritetracontane 44 C44 H90 n -Tetratetracontane 45 C45 H92 n -Pentatetracontane 46 C46 H94 n -Hexatetracontane 47 C47 H96 n -Heptatetracontane 48 C48 H98 n -Octatetracontane 49 C49 H100 n -Nonatetracontane 50 C50 H102 n -Pentacontane 51 C51 H104 n -Henpentacontane 52 C52 H106 n -Dopentacontane 53 C53 H108 n -Tripentacontane 54 C54 H110 n -Tetrapentacontane 55 C55 H112 n -Pentapentacontane 56 C56 H114 n -Hexapentacontane 57 C57 H116 n -Heptapentacontane 58 C58 H118 n -Octapentacontane 59 C59 H120 n -Nonapentacontane 60 C60 H122 n -Hexacontane 61 C61 H124 n -Henhexacontane 62 C62 H126 n -Dohexacontane 63 C63 H128 n -Trihexacontane 64 C64 H130 n -Tetrahexacontane 65 C65 H132 n -Pentahexacontane 66 C66 H134 n -Hexahexacontane 67 C67 H136 n -Heptahexacontane 68 C68 H138 n -Octahexacontane 69 C69 H140 n -Nonahexacontane 70 C70 H142 n -Heptacontane 71 C71 H144 n -Henheptacontane 72 C72 H146 n -Doheptacontane 73 C73 H148 n -Triheptacontane 74 C74 H150 n -Tetraheptacontane 75 C75 H152 n -Pentaheptacontane 76 C76 H154 n -Hexapentacontane 77 C77 H156 n -Heptaheptacontane 78 C78 H158 n -Octaheptacontane 79 C79 H160 n -Nonaheptacontane 80 C80 H162 n -Octacontane 81 C81 H164 n -Henoctacontane 82 C82 H166 n -Dooctacontane 83 C83 H168 n -Trioctacontane 84 C84 H170 n -Tetraoctacontane 85 C85 H172 n -Pentaoctacontane 86 C86 H174 n -Hexaoctacontane 87 C87 H176 n -Heptaoctacontane 88 C88 H178 n -Octaoctacontane 89 C89 H180 n -Nonaoctacontane 90 C90 H182 n -Nonacontane 91 C91 H184 n -Hennonacontane 92 C92 H186 n -Dononacontane 93 C93 H188 n -Trinonacontane 94 C94 H190 n -Tetranonacontane 95 C95 H192 n -Pentanonacontane 96 C96 H194 n -Hexanonacontane 97 C97 H196 n -Heptanonacontane 98 C98 H198 n -Octanonacontane 99 C99 H200 n -Nonanonacontane 100 C100 H202 n -Hectane ...
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Alkanes (1192 words)
A normal hydrocarbon alkane is one where all the carbon atoms in the molecule are in a "continuous" chain. Use the normal alkane name corresponding to the number of carbons in the continuous chain and attach it to the first part of the name. Alkanes are insoluble in water because the polar water molecules are not attracted to the non-polar alkane molecules.
Alkane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (971 words)
An alkane in organic chemistry is a saturated hydrocarbon without cycles, that is, an acyclic hydrocarbon in which the molecule has the maximum possible number of hydrogen atoms and so has no double bonds. Alkanes are also often known as paraffins, or collectively as the paraffin series; these terms, however, are also used to apply only to alkanes whose carbon atoms form a single, unbranched chain; when this is done, branched-chain alkanes are called isoparaffins. Alkanes have a low reactivity because the C-H and C-C single bonds are relatively stable, difficult to break and non-polar.
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