Alkanes

An Introduction to Organic Chemistry

The Alkanes A homologous series of saturated compounds with general molecular formula C nH 2n+2 (where n is an integer). methane CH 4, ethane C 2H 6, propane C 3H 8, butane C 4H 10, pentane C 5H 12, hexane C 6H 14, heptane C 7H 16, octane C 8H 18, nonane C 9H 20, decane C 10H 22, etc. Homologous series: a series of compounds in which each ...

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