List of alkanes Totally Explained

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The following is a list of straight-chain alkanes and their common names, sorted by number of carbon atoms.

Number of C atoms	Number of isomers	Formula	Common name	Synonyms
1	1	CH₄	Methane	marsh gas; methyl hydride; natural gas
2	1	C₂H₆	Ethane	dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane
3	1	C₃H₈	Propane	dimethyl methane; propyl hydride
4	2	C₄H₁₀	n-Butane	butyl hydride; methylethyl methane
5	3	C₅H₁₂	n-Pentane	amyl hydride; Skellysolve A
6	5	C₆H₁₄	n-Hexane	dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B
7	9	C₇H₁₆	n-Heptane	dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C
8	18	C₈H₁₈	n-Octane	dibutyl; octyl hydride
9	35	C₉H₂₀	n-Nonane	nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140
10	75	C₁₀H₂₂	n-Decane	decyl hydride
11	159	C₁₁H₂₄	n-Undecane	hendecane
12	355	C₁₂H₂₆	n-Dodecane	adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane
13	802	C₁₃H₂₈	n-Tridecane
14	1858	C₁₄H₃₀	n-Tetradecane
15	4347	C₁₅H₃₂	n-Pentadecane
16	10359	C₁₆H₃₄	n-Hexadecane	cetane
17	24894	C₁₇H₃₆	n-Heptadecane
18	60523	C₁₈H₃₈	n-Octadecane
19	148284	C₁₉H₄₀	n-Nonadecane
20	366319	C₂₀H₄₂	n-Eicosane	didecyl
21	910726	C₂₁H₄₄	n-Heneicosane
22	2278638	C₂₂H₄₆	n-Docosane
23	5731580	C₂₃H₄₈	n-Tricosane
24	14490245	C₂₄H₅₀	n-Tetracosane	tetrakosane
25	36797588	C₂₅H₅₂	n-Pentacosane
26	93839412	C₂₆H₅₄	n-Hexacosane	cerane; hexeikosane
27	240215803	C₂₇H₅₆	n-Heptacosane
28	617105614	C₂₈H₅₈	n-Octacosane
29	1590507121	C₂₉H₆₀	n-Nonacosane
30	4111846763	C₃₀H₆₂	n-Triacontane
31	10660307791	C₃₁H₆₄	n-Hentriacontane	untriacontane
32	27711253769	C₃₂H₆₆	n-Dotriacontane	dicetyl
33	72214088660	C₃₃H₆₈	n-Tritriacontane
34	188626236139	C₃₄H₇₀	n-Tetratriacontane
35	493782952902	C₃₅H₇₂	n-Pentatriacontane
36	1295297588128	C₃₆H₇₄	n-Hexatriacontane
37	3404490780161	C₃₇H₇₆	n-Heptatriacontane
38	8964747474595	C₃₈H₇₈	n-Octatriacontane
39	23647478933969	C₃₉H₈₀	n-Nonatriacontane
40	62481801147341	C₄₀H₈₂	n-Tetracontane
41	165351455535782	C₄₁H₈₄	n-Hentetracontane
42	438242894769226	C₄₂H₈₆	n-Dotetracontane
43	1163169707886427	C₄₃H₈₈	n-Tritetracontane
44	3091461011836856	C₄₄H₉₀	n-Tetratetracontane
45	8227162372221203	C₄₅H₉₂	n-Pentatetracontane
46	21921834086683418	C₄₆H₉₄	n-Hexatetracontane
47	58481806621987010	C₄₇H₉₆	n-Heptatetracontane
48	156192366474590639	C₄₈H₉₈	n-Octatetracontane
49	417612400765382272	C₄₉H₁₀₀	n-Nonatetracontane
50	1117743651746953270	C₅₀H₁₀₂	n-Pentacontane
51	$2.99466 imes 10^!$	C₁₁₁H₂₂₄	n-Undecahectane
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