List of alkanes - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is a list of straight-chain and branched alkane

Alkane

Alkanes are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and are bonded exclusively by single bonds without any cycles...

s and their common names, sorted by number of carbon

Carbon

Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds...

atoms.

Number of C atoms	Number of isomers	Formula	Name of straight chain	Synonyms
1	1	CH₄	Methane Methane Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is the simplest alkane, the principal component of natural gas, and probably the most abundant organic compound on earth. The relative abundance of methane makes it an attractive fuel...	methyl hydride; natural gas
2	1	C₂H₆	Ethane Ethane Ethane is a chemical compound with chemical formula C2H6. It is the only two-carbon alkane that is an aliphatic hydrocarbon. At standard temperature and pressure, ethane is a colorless, odorless gas....	dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane
3	1	C₃H₈	Propane Propane Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...	dimethyl methane; propyl hydride
4	2	C₄H₁₀	n-Butane Butane Butane is a gas with the formula C4H10 that is an alkane with four carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of two structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, butane refers only to the unbranched n-butane isomer; the other one being called "methylpropane" or...	butyl hydride; methylethyl methane
5	3	C₅H₁₂	n-Pentane Pentane Pentane is an organic compound with the formula C5H12 — 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; the other two being called...	amyl hydride; Skellysolve A
6	5	C₆H₁₄	n-Hexane Hexane Hexane is a hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C6H14; that is, an alkane with six carbon atoms.The term may refer to any of four other structural isomers with that formula, or to a mixture of them. In the IUPAC nomenclature, however, hexane is the unbranched isomer ; the other four structures...	dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B
7	9	C₇H₁₆	n-Heptane Heptane n-Heptane is the straight-chain alkane with the chemical formula H3C5CH3 or C7H16. When used as a test fuel component in anti-knock test engines, a 100% heptane fuel is the zero point of the octane rating scale...	dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C
8	18	C₈H₁₈	n-Octane Octane Octane is a hydrocarbon and an alkane with the chemical formula C8H18, and the condensed structural formula CH36CH3. Octane has many structural isomers that differ by the amount and location of branching in the carbon chain...	dibutyl; octyl hydride
9	35	C₉H₂₀	n-Nonane Nonane Nonane is a linear alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C9H20.Nonane has 35 structural isomers. Tripropylene is a mixture of three specific isomers of nonane.Its substituent form is nonyl. Its cycloalkane counterpart is cyclononane, ....	nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140
10	75	C₁₀H₂₂	n-Decane Decane Decane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH38CH3.75 structural isomers of decane exist, all of which are flammable liquids. Decane is one of the components of gasoline . Like other alkanes, it is nonpolar and therefore will not dissolve in polar liquids such as water...	decyl hydride
11	159	C₁₁H₂₄	n-Undecane Undecane Undecane is a liquid alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH39CH3. It is used as a mild sex attractant for various types of moths and cockroaches, and an alert signal for a variety of ants. It has 159 isomers....	hendecane
12	355	C₁₂H₂₆	n-Dodecane Dodecane Dodecane is a liquid alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH310CH3 , an oily liquid of the paraffin series. It has 355 isomers....	adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane
13	802	C₁₃H₂₈	n-Tridecane Tridecane Tridecane may refer to any alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , or to a mixture of them. There are 802 constitutional isomers with that formula...
14	1,858	C₁₄H₃₀	n-Tetradecane
15	4,347	C₁₅H₃₂	n-Pentadecane
16	10,359	C₁₆H₃₄	n-Hexadecane Hexadecane Hexadecane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C16H34. 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.Cetane is often used as a short-hand for cetane...	cetane
17	24,894	C₁₇H₃₆	n-Heptadecane Heptadecane Heptadecane is an organic compound, an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C17H36. The name may refer to any of 24894 theoretically possible constitutional isomers, or to a mixture thereof....
18	60,523	C₁₈H₃₈	n-Octadecane
19	148,284	C₁₉H₄₀	n-Nonadecane
20	366,319	C₂₀H₄₂	n-Icosane	didecyl, eicosane
21	910,726	C₂₁H₄₄	n-Henicosane	henicosane
22	2,278,638	C₂₂H₄₆	n-Docosane
23	5,731,580	C₂₃H₄₈	n-Tricosane
24	14,490,245	C₂₄H₅₀	n-Tetracosane Tetracosane Tetracosane, also called tetrakosane, is an alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula H24H. As with other alkanes, its name is derived from Greek for the number of carbon atoms, 24, in the molecule...	tetrakosane
25	36,797,588	C₂₅H₅₂	n-Pentacosane	Paraffin Wax
26	93,839,412	C₂₆H₅₄	n-Hexacosane	cerane; hexeikosane
27	240,215,803	C₂₇H₅₆	n-Heptacosane
28	617,105,614	C₂₈H₅₈	n-Octacosane
29	1,590,507,121	C₂₉H₆₀	n-Nonacosane Nonacosane Nonacosane is a straight-chain hydrocarbon with a molecular formula of C29H60, and the structural formula CH327CH3. It has 1,590,507,121 constitutional isomers....
30	4,111,846,763	C₃₀H₆₂	n-Triacontane
31	10,660,307,791	C₃₁H₆₄	n-Hentriacontane Hentriacontane Hentriacontane, also called untriacontane, is a solid, long-chain alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula CH329CH3. It is found in a variety of plants, including peas , gum arabic and others, and also comprises about 8-9% of beeswax. It has 10,660,307,791 constitutional isomers.- External...	untriacontane
32	27,711,253,769	C₃₂H₆₆	n-Dotriacontane	dicetyl
33	72,214,088,660	C₃₃H₆₈	n-Tritriacontane
34	188,626,236,139	C₃₄H₇₀	n-Tetratriacontane
35	493,782,952,902	C₃₅H₇₂	n-Pentatriacontane
36	1,295,297,588,128	C₃₆H₇₄	n-Hexatriacontane
37	3,404,490,780,161	C₃₇H₇₆	n-Heptatriacontane
38	8,964,747,474,595	C₃₈H₇₈	n-Octatriacontane
39	23,647,478,933,969	C₃₉H₈₀	n-Nonatriacontane
40	62,481,801,147,341	C₄₀H₈₂	n-Tetracontane
41	165,351,455,535,782	C₄₁H₈₄	n-Hentetracontane
42	438,242,894,769,226	C₄₂H₈₆	n-Dotetracontane
43	1,163,169,707,886,427	C₄₃H₈₈	n-Tritetracontane
44	3,091,461,011,836,856	C₄₄H₉₀	n-Tetratetracontane
45	8,227,162,372,221,203	C₄₅H₉₂	n-Pentatetracontane
46	21,921,834,086,683,418	C₄₆H₉₄	n-Hexatetracontane
47	58,481,806,621,987,010	C₄₇H₉₆	n-Heptatetracontane
48	156,192,366,474,590,639	C₄₈H₉₈	n-Octatetracontane
49	417,612,400,765,382,272	C₄₉H₁₀₀	n-Nonatetracontane
50	1,117,743,651,746,953,270	C₅₀H₁₀₂	n-Pentacontane
51		C₅₁H₁₀₄	n-Henpentacontane
52		C₅₂H₁₀₆	n-Dopentacontane
53		C₅₃H₁₀₈	n-Tripentacontane
54		C₅₄H₁₁₀	n-Tetrapentacontane
55		C₅₅H₁₁₂	n-Pentapentacontane
56		C₅₆H₁₁₄	n-Hexapentacontane
57		C₅₇H₁₁₆	n-Heptapentacontane
58		C₅₈H₁₁₈	n-Octapentacontane
59		C₅₉H₁₂₀	n-Nonapentacontane
60		C₆₀H₁₂₂	n-Hexacontane
61		C₆₁H₁₂₄	n-Henhexacontane
62		C₆₂H₁₂₆	n-Dohexacontane
63		C₆₃H₁₂₈	n-Trihexacontane
64		C₆₄H₁₃₀	n-Tetrahexacontane
65		C₆₅H₁₃₂	n-Pentahexacontane
66		C₆₆H₁₃₄	n-Hexahexacontane
67		C₆₇H₁₃₆	n-Heptahexacontane
68		C₆₈H₁₃₈	n-Octahexacontane
69		C₆₉H₁₄₀	n-Nonahexacontane
70		C₇₀H₁₄₂	n-Heptacontane
71		C₇₁H₁₄₄	n-Henheptacontane
72		C₇₂H₁₄₆	n-Doheptacontane
73		C₇₃H₁₄₈	n-Triheptacontane
74		C₇₄H₁₅₀	n-Tetraheptacontane
75		C₇₅H₁₅₂	n-Pentaheptacontane
76		C₇₆H₁₅₄	n-Hexaheptacontane
77		C₇₇H₁₅₆	n-Heptaheptacontane
78		C₇₈H₁₅₈	n-Octaheptacontane
79		C₇₉H₁₆₀	n-Nonaheptacontane
80		C₈₀H₁₆₂	n-Octacontane
81		C₈₁H₁₆₄	n-Henoctacontane
82		C₈₂H₁₆₆	n-Dooctacontane
83		C₈₃H₁₆₈	n-Trioctacontane
84		C₈₄H₁₇₀	n-Tetraoctacontane
85		C₈₅H₁₇₂	n-Pentaoctacontane
86		C₈₆H₁₇₄	n-Hexaoctacontane
87		C₈₇H₁₇₆	n-Heptaoctacontane
88		C₈₈H₁₇₈	n-Octaoctacontane
89		C₈₉H₁₈₀	n-Nonaoctacontane
90		C₉₀H₁₈₂	n-Nonacontane
91		C₉₁H₁₈₄	n-Hennonacontane
92		C₉₂H₁₈₆	n-Dononacontane
93		C₉₃H₁₈₈	n-Trinonacontane
94		C₉₄H₁₉₀	n-Tetranonacontane
95		C₉₅H₁₉₂	n-Pentanonacontane
96		C₉₆H₁₉₄	n-Hexanonacontane
97		C₉₇H₁₉₆	n-Heptanonacontane
98		C₉₈H₁₉₈	n-Octanonacontane
99		C₉₉H₂₀₀	n-Nonanonacontane
100		C₁₀₀H₂₀₂	n-Hectane
101		C₁₀₁H₂₀₄	n-Henihectane
102		C₁₀₂H₂₀₆	n-Dohectane
103		C₁₀₃H₂₀₈	n-Trihectane
104		C₁₀₄H₂₁₀	n-Tetrahectane
105		C₁₀₅H₂₁₂	n-Pentahectane
106		C₁₀₆H₂₁₄	n-Hexahectane
107		C₁₀₇H₂₁₆	n-Heptahectane
108		C₁₀₈H₂₁₈	n-Octahectane
109		C₁₀₉H₂₂₀	n-Nonahectane
110		C₁₁₀H₂₂₂	n-Decahectane
111		C₁₁₁H₂₂₄	n-Undecahectane
112		C₁₁₂H₂₂₆	n-Dodecahectane
113		C₁₁₃H₂₂₈	n-Tridecahectane
114		C₁₁₄H₂₃₀	n-Tetradecahectane
115		C₁₁₅H₂₃₂	n-Pentadecahectane
116		C₁₁₆H₂₃₄	n-Hexadecahectane
117		C₁₁₇H₂₃₆	n-Heptadecahectane
118		C₁₁₈H₂₃₈	n-Octadecahectane
119		C₁₁₉H₂₄₀	n-Nonadecahectane
120		C₁₂₀H₂₄₂	n-Icosahectane
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