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List of alkanes

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

Number of C atoms	Formula	Common name	Synonyms
1	CH₄	Methane
2	C₂H₆	Ethane
3	C₃H₈	Propane
4	C₄H₁₀	n-Butane
5	C₅H₁₂	n-Pentane	amyl hydride; skellysolve
6	C₆H₁₄	n-Hexane	dipropyl methane; gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride
7	C₇H₁₆	n-Heptane
8	C₈H₁₈	n-Octane
9	C₉H₂₀	n-Nonane
10	C₁₀H₂₂	n-Decane
11	C₁₁H₂₄	n-Undecane	hendecane
12	C₁₂H₂₆	n-Dodecane	dihexyl; bihexyl; adakane 12; or duodecane
13	C₁₃H₂₈	n-Tridecane
14	C₁₄H₃₀	n-Tetradecane
15	C₁₅H₃₂	n-Pentadecane
16	C₁₆H₃₄	n-Hexadecane
17	C₁₇H₃₆	n-Heptadecane
18	C₁₈H₃₈	n-Octadecane
19	C₁₉H₄₀	n-Nonadecane
20	C₂₀H₄₂	n-Eicosane
21	C₂₁H₄₄	n-Heneicosane
22	C₂₂H₄₆	n-Docosane
23	C₂₃H₄₈	n-Tricosane
24	C₂₄H₅₀	n-Tetracosane
25	C₂₅H₅₂	n-Pentacosane
26	C₂₆H₅₄	n-Hexacosane
27	C₂₇H₅₆	n-Heptacosane
28	C₂₈H₅₈	n-Octacosane
29	C₂₉H₆₀	n-Nonacosane
30	C₃₀H₆₂	n-Triacontane
31	C₃₁H₆₄	n-Hentriacontane
32	C₃₂H₆₆	n-Dotriacontane
33	C₃₃H₆₈	n-Tritriacontane
34	C₃₄H₇₀	n-Tetratriacontane
35	C₃₅H₇₂	n-Pentatriacontane
36	C₃₆H₇₄	n-Hexatriacontane
37	C₃₇H₇₆	n-Heptatriacontane
38	C₃₈H₇₈	n-Octatriacontane
39	C₃₉H₈₀	n-Nonatriacontane
40	C₄₀H₈₂	n-Tetracontane
41	C₄₁H₈₄	n-Hentetracontane
42	C₄₂H₈₆	n-Dotetracontane
43	C₄₃H₈₈	n-Tritetracontane
44	C₄₄H₉₀	n-Tetratetracontane
45	C₄₅H₉₂	n-Pentatetracontane
46	C₄₆H₉₄	n-Hexatetracontane
47	C₄₇H₉₆	n-Heptatetracontane
48	C₄₈H₉₈	n-Octatetracontane
49	C₄₉H₁₀₀	n-Nonatetracontane
50	C₅₀H₁₀₂	n-Pentacontane
51	C₅₁H₁₀₄	n-Henpentacontane
52	C₅₂H₁₀₆	n-Dopentacontane
53	C₅₃H₁₀₈	n-Tripentacontane
54	C₅₄H₁₁₀	n-Tetrapentacontane
55	C₅₅H₁₁₂	n-Pentapentacontane
56	C₅₆H₁₁₄	n-Hexapentacontane
57	C₅₇H₁₁₆	n-Heptapentacontane
58	C₅₈H₁₁₈	n-Octapentacontane
59	C₅₉H₁₂₀	n-Nonapentacontane
60	C₆₀H₁₂₂	n-Hexacontane
61	C₆₁H₁₂₄	n-Henhexacontane
62	C₆₂H₁₂₆	n-Dohexacontane
63	C₆₃H₁₂₈	n-Trihexacontane
64	C₆₄H₁₃₀	n-Tetrahexacontane
65	C₆₅H₁₃₂	n-Pentahexacontane
66	C₆₆H₁₃₄	n-Hexahexacontane
67	C₆₇H₁₃₆	n-Heptahexacontane
68	C₆₈H₁₃₈	n-Octahexacontane
69	C₆₉H₁₄₀	n-Nonahexacontane
70	C₇₀H₁₄₂	n-Heptacontane
71	C₇₁H₁₄₄	n-Henheptacontane
72	C₇₂H₁₄₆	n-Doheptacontane
73	C₇₃H₁₄₈	n-Triheptacontane
74	C₇₄H₁₅₀	n-Tetraheptacontane
75	C₇₅H₁₅₂	n-Pentaheptacontane
76	C₇₆H₁₅₄	n-Hexapentacontane
77	C₇₇H₁₅₆	n-Heptaheptacontane
78	C₇₈H₁₅₈	n-Octaheptacontane
79	C₇₉H₁₆₀	n-Nonaheptacontane
80	C₈₀H₁₆₂	n-Octacontane
81	C₈₁H₁₆₄	n-Henoctacontane
82	C₈₂H₁₆₆	n-Dooctacontane
83	C₈₃H₁₆₈	n-Trioctacontane
84	C₈₄H₁₇₀	n-Tetraoctacontane
85	C₈₅H₁₇₂	n-Pentaoctacontane
86	C₈₆H₁₇₄	n-Hexaoctacontane
87	C₈₇H₁₇₆	n-Heptaoctacontane
88	C₈₈H₁₇₈	n-Octaoctacontane
89	C₈₉H₁₈₀	n-Nonaoctacontane
90	C₉₀H₁₈₂	n-Nonacontane
91	C₉₁H₁₈₄	n-Hennonacontane
92	C₉₂H₁₈₆	n-Dononacontane
93	C₉₃H₁₈₈	n-Trinonacontane
94	C₉₄H₁₉₀	n-Tetranonacontane
95	C₉₅H₁₉₂	n-Pentanonacontane
96	C₉₆H₁₉₄	n-Hexanonacontane
97	C₉₇H₁₉₆	n-Heptanonacontane
98	C₉₈H₁₉₈	n-Octanonacontane
99	C₉₉H₂₀₀	n-Nonanonacontane
100	C₁₀₀H₂₀₂	n-Hectane
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