Alkanes

Jeremy Low

An Alkane is a compound with the general formula C//n//H2//n//+2. Alkanes are the major components of natural gas and petroleum, which are the only significant sources.

The first 12 Alkanes: Methane - CH4 - aka. marsh gas; natural gas; methyl hydride Ethane - C2H6 - aka. dimethyl; ethyl hydride Propane - C3H8 - aka. dimethyl methane Butane - C4H10 - aka. butyl hydride Pentane - C5H12 - aka. amyl hydride; Skellysolve A Hexane - C6H14 - aka. dipropyl; Skellysolve B Heptane - C7H16 - aka. dipropyl methane; Skellysolve C Octane - C8H18 - aka. dibutyl; octyl hydride Nonane - C9H20 - aka. nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140 Decane - C10H22 - aka. decyl hydride Undecane - C11H24 - aka. hendecane Dodecane - C12H26 - aka. adakane 12; bihexyl