Alkanes - Introduction


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Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons having only single bonds between the carbon atoms of their molecules.

The general formula of alkanes is CnH2n+2. Alkanes are called paraffins because of their low reactivity (in Latin paraffin means- less reactivity).

The following table lists the IUPAC names ,formulae and structure of the first five members of the alkane series.

Methan IUPAC name molecular formula structure



The first member of the alkane series is methane.


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