List of alkanes

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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	Formula	Common name	Synonyms
1	CH4	Methane	marsh gas; methyl hydride; natural gas
2	C2H6	Ethane	dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane
3	C3H8	Propane	dimethyl methane; propyl hydride
4	C4H10	n-Butane	butyl hydride; methylethyl methane
5	C5H12	n-Pentane	amyl hydride; Skellysolve A
6	C6H14	n-Hexane	dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B
7	C7H16	n-Heptane	dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C
8	C8H18	n-Octane	dibutyl; octyl hydride
9	C9H20	n-Nonane	nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140
10	C10H22	n-Decane	decyl hydride
11	C11H24	n-Undecane	hendecane
12	C12H26	n-Dodecane	adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane
13	C13H28	n-Tridecane
14	C14H30	n-Tetradecane
15	C15H32	n-Pentadecane
16	C16H34	n-Hexadecane	cetane
17	C17H36	n-Heptadecane
18	C18H38	n-Octadecane
19	C19H40	n-Nonadecane
20	C20H42	n-Eicosane	didecyl
21	C21H44	n-Heneicosane
22	C22H46	n-Docosane
23	C23H48	n-Tricosane
24	C24H50	n-Tetracosane	tetrakosane
25	C25H52	n-Pentacosane
26	C26H54	n-Hexacosane	cerane; hexeikosane
27	C27H56	n-Heptacosane
28	C28H58	n-Octacosane
29	C29H60	n-Nonacosane
30	C30H62	n-Triacontane
31	C31H64	n-Hentriacontane	untriacontane
32	C32H66	n-Dotriacontane	dicetyl
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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