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Type Words
Synonyms alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series
Type of aliphatic compound
Has types amine, aminoalkane, butane, c2h6, ethane, heptane, hexane, methane

Examples of alkane

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Benzene has 8 hydrogen atoms fewer than the corresponding parent alkane, hexane.
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They are especially useful as alkane-cracking catalysts in oil refinement.
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Likewise, Raney nickel will remove the sulfur of thiophene to give a saturated alkane.
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Efficiency enhancement in low-bandgap polymer solar cells by processing with alkane dithiols.
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Propane is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid.
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For hydrogenated alkane renewable diesel, see Vegetable oil refining.
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In the final step, the acid groups in the fatty acids are reduced stepwise to the corresponding alkane.
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We probably have a bloom of alkane degraders that were present when we sampled early in the spill history.
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The functions of some of the genes were already understood, leaving two prime suspects for a role in alkane production.
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More examples
  • Methane series: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
  • Alkanes (also known as paraffins or saturated hydrocarbons) are chemical compounds that consist only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) (i.e., hydrocarbons), wherein these atoms are linked together exclusively by single bonds (i.e., they are saturated compounds). ...
  • Any of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form CnH2n+2
  • (alkanes) saturated hydrocarbons that contain only single carbon-carbon bonds. The chemical name indicates the number of carbon atoms and ends with the suffix -ane, e.g. octane consists of 8 carbon atoms
  • (Alkanes) A Homologous Series with a general Formula.
  • Alkanes have been a array of organic compounds, consisting of CO and hydrogen atoms, where all the CO atoms have been connected to any alternative customarily by singular bonds.
  • An organic molecule which contains only single carbon-carbon bonds.
  • A molecule containing only C-H and C-C single bonds.
  • Compound of carbon and hydrogen that has only single covalent bonds. An example is ethane (CH3CH3).