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Alkane

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. Alkanes have the general chemical formula .mw-parser-output…

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related to Occurrence of alkanes in the Universe · 14
Alkane → Alkanes, Also, Cassini, Chemical, Huygens, Hyakutake, Jupiter, Methane, Neptune, Saturn, Sun, Titan, Titan's, Uranus
related to Fuels · 11
Alkane → Alkanes, Apart, Branched-chain, Diesel, From, However, LPG, Propane, The, They, This
related to Ecological relations · 9
Alkane → Andrena, As, C23H48, C25H52, C27H56, One, Ophrys, Sand, The
related to Free radical reactions · 9
Alkane → Chain, Free, Initiation, Propagation, The, There, These, This, Usually
related to Coal · 8
Alkane → Bergius, Coal, Fischer, Partial, Relevant, Simply, This, Tropsch
related to Isomerism · 8
Alkane → Alkanes, C1, C30, C5, For, However, The, This
related to Conformation · 7
Alkane → C-C, C-H, In, Strain, Such, The, Two
related to Further reading · 7
Alkane → Boverton, Encyclopædia Britannica, Organic ChemistryVisualizations, Paraffin, Redwood, Virtual Textbook, Vol
related to Nomenclature · 7
Alkane → August Wilhelm, CnH2n, Greek, Hofmann, In, The IUPAC, Unbranched
related to Saturated cyclic hydrocarbons · 7
Alkane → As, C5H10, C5H12, Cycloalkanes, In, Simple, Though

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alkanes carbon atoms methane hydrogen hydrocarbons number chain molecular bonds higher one also cycloalkanes branched isomers example form octane oil

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Alkaneis aone in which the carbon atoms are arranged in a single chain with no branches0.90text
waterinstance ofthey do not form hydrogen bonds and are insoluble in polar solvents0.80text
silica-aluminainstance ofusually solid acids0.80text
zeolitesinstance ofusually solid acids0.80text
Jupiterinstance ofOccurrenceOccurrence of alkanes in the UniverseAlkanes form a small portion of the atmospheres of the outer gas planets0.80text
carbonaceous chondrites.Occurrence of alkanes on EarthTraces of methane gasinstance ofAlkanes have been detected in meteorites0.80text
ethaneinstance ofEmission of gaseous and volatile alkanes0.80text
pentaneinstance ofEmission of gaseous and volatile alkanes0.80text
and hexane by plants has also been documented at low levelsinstance ofEmission of gaseous and volatile alkanes0.80text
though they are not generally considered to be a major component of biogenic air pollution.Edible vegetable oils also typically contain small fractions of biogenic alkanes with a wide spectrum of carbon numbersinstance ofEmission of gaseous and volatile alkanes0.80text
mainly 8 to 35instance ofEmission of gaseous and volatile alkanes0.80text
usually peaking in the low to upper 20sinstance ofEmission of gaseous and volatile alkanes0.80text

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