Look up: alkanes

1. Alkanes
   This is the correct chemical term for compounds known as paraffins. They are considered the simplest organic compounds and are a family of chain hydrocarbons having the general formula C2H2n+2. All of the bonds are single bonds (-C-H-, and -C-C-). The chains can be straight or branched. The smaller members (less than 4 carbons) are gases, while larger ones (five to seventeen carbons) are liquids. Beyond seventeen carbons the alkanes are waxy solids. Some simple alkanes are listed below:
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2. alkanes
   Alkanes (paraffins) are acyclic branched or unbranched hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2, and therefore consisting entirely of hydrogen atoms and saturated carbon atoms. In systematic chemical nomenclature alkane names end in the suffix -ane. They form a homologous series (the alkane s...
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3. Alkanes
   This is the correct chemical term for compounds known as paraffins. They are considered the simplest organic compounds and are a family of chain hydrocarbons having the general formula C2H2n+2. All of the bonds are single bonds (-C-H-, and -C-C-). The cha
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4. Alkanes
   hydrocarbon molecules with the general formula C H + 2, containing only single bonds.
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5. alkanes
   The generic name for the group of aliphatic hydrocarbons cn-h2n+2. They are denoted by the suffix -ane. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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