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List of straight-chain alkanes

The following is a list of straight-chain and branchedalkanes and their common names, sorted by number ofcarbon atoms.
Number
Number of isomers Molecular Name of straight
of C Number of isomers Synonyms
including stereoisomers Formula chain
atoms
methyl
1 1 1 CH4 methane hydride;
natural gas
dimethyl;
ethyl hydride;
2 1 1 C2H6 ethane
methyl
methane
dimethyl
methane;
3 1 1 C3H8 propane
propyl
hydride
butyl hydride;
4 2 2 C4H10 n-butane methylethyl
methane
amyl hydride;
5 3 3 C5H12 n-pentane
Skellysolve A
dipropyl;
Gettysolve-B;
6 5 5 C6H14 n-hexane hexyl
hydride;
Skellysolve B
dipropyl
methane;
Gettysolve-C;
7 9 11 C7H16 n-heptane
heptyl
hydride;
Skellysolve C
dibutyl; octyl
8 18 24 C8H18 n-octane
hydride
nonyl
9 35 55 C9H20 n-nonane hydride;
Shellsol 140
10 75 136 C10H22 n-decane decyl hydride

11 159 345 C11H24 n-undecane hendecane

adakane 12;
bihexyl;
12 355 900 C12H26 n-dodecane
dihexyl;
duodecane
13 802 2412 C13H28 n-tridecane

14 1858 6563 C14H30 n-tetradecane

15 4347 18 127 C15H32 n-pentadecane

16 10 359 50 699 C16H34 n-hexadecane cetane

17 24 894 143 255 C17H36 n-heptadecane

18 60 523 408 429 C18H38 n-octadecane

19 148 284 1 173 770 C19H40 n-nonadecane

didecyl
20 366 319 3 396 844 C20H42 n-icosane
icosane
21 910 726 9 891 650 C21H44 n-henicosane henicosane

22 2 278 638 28 972 080 C22H46 n-docosane

23 5 731 580 85 289 390 C23H48 n-tricosane


C23H48

24 14 490 245 252 260 276 C24H50 n-tetracosane tetrakosane

25 36 797 588 749 329 719 C25H52 n-pentacosane paraffin wax

cerane;
26 93 839 412 2 234 695 030 C26H54 n-hexacosane
hexeikosane
27 240 215 803 6 688 893 603 C27H56 n-heptacosane

28 617 105 614 20 089 296 554 C28H58 n-octacosane

29 1 590 507 121 60 526 543 480 C29H60 n-nonacosane

30 4 111 846 763 182 896 187 256 C30H62 n-triacontane

31 10 660 307 791 554 188 210 352 C31H64 n-hentriacontane untriacontane

32 27 711 253 769 1 683 557 607 211 C32H66 n-dotriacontane dicetyl

33 72 214 088 660 5 126 819 371 356 C33H68 n-tritriacontane

34 188 626 236 139 15 647 855 317 080 C34H70 n-tetratriacontane

35 493 782 952 902 47 862 049 187 447 C35H72 n-pentatriacontane

36 1 295 297 588 128 146 691 564 302 648 C36H74 n-hexatriacontane

37 3 404 490 780 161 450 451 875 783 866 C37H76 n-heptatriacontane

38 8 964 747 474 595 1 385 724 615 285 949 C38H78 n-octatriacontane

39 23 647 478 933 969 4 270 217 915 878 409 C39H80 n-nonatriacontane

40 62 481 801 147 341 13 180 446 189 326 135 C40H82 n-tetracontane

41 165 351 455 535 782 40 745 751 356 421 890 C41H84 n-hentetracontane

42 438 242 894 769 226 126 146 261 761 339 138 C42H86 n-dotetracontane

43 1 163 169 707 886 427 391 089 580 997 271 932 C43H88 n-tritetracontane

44 3 091 461 011 836 856 1 214 115 357 550 059 889 C44H90 n-tetratetracontane

n-
45 8 227 162 372 221 203 3 773 978 533 594 435 261 C45H92
pentatetracontane

46 21 921 834 086 683 418 1.174 5467 × 1019 C46H94 n-hexatetracontane

n-
47 58 481 806 621 987 010 3.659 7363 × 1019 C47H96
heptatetracontane

48 156 192 366 474 590 639 1.141 6068 × 1020 C48H98 n-octatetracontane

n-
49 417 612 400 765 382 272 3.564 9261 × 1020 C49H100
nonatetracontane

50 1 117 743 651 746 953 270 1.114 3789 × 1021 C50H102 n-pentacontane

n-
51 2.994 66 × 1018 C51H104
henpentacontane

52 8.031 08 × 1018 C52H106 n-dopentacontane

53 2.155 78 × 1019 C53H108 n-tripentacontane

n-
54 5.791 92 × 1019 C54H110
tetrapentacontane
n-
55 1.557 45 × 1020 C55H112
pentapentacontane
n-
56 4.1915 × 1020 C56H114
hexapentacontane
n-
57 1.128 94 × 1021 C57H116
heptapentacontane

3.043 04 × 1021
58 3.043 04 × 1021 C58H118 n-
octapentacontane
n-
59 8.208 62 × 1021 C59H120
nonapentacontane

60 2.215 87 × 1022 C60H122 n-hexacontane

61 5.985 81 × 1022 C61H124 n-henhexacontane

62 1.618 06 × 1023 C62H126 n-dohexacontane

63 4.376 72 × 1023 C63H128 n-trihexacontane

64 1.184 62 × 1024 C64H130 n-tetrahexacontane

n-
65 3.208 29 × 1024 C65H132
pentahexacontane
n-
66 8.694 13 × 1024 C66H134
hexahexacontane
n-
67 2.357 38 × 1025 C67H136
heptahexacontane

68 6.395 52 × 1025 C68H138 n-octahexacontane

n-
69 1.736 03 × 1026 C69H140
nonahexacontane

70 4.714 85 × 1026 C70H142 n-heptacontane

n-
71 1.281 15 × 1027 C71H144
henheptacontane

72 3.482 97 × 1027 C72H146 n-doheptacontane

73 9.473 45 × 1027 C73H148 n-triheptacontane

n-
74 2.577 93 × 1028 C74H150
tetraheptacontane
n-
75 7.018 32 × 1028 C75H152
pentaheptacontane
n-
76 1.911 56 × 1029 C76H154
hexaheptacontane
n-
77 5.208 74 × 1029 C77H156
heptaheptacontane
n-
78 1.419 91 × 1030 C78H158
octaheptacontane
n-
79 3.872 28 × 1030 C79H160
nonaheptacontane

80 1.056 45 × 1031 C80H162 n-octacontane

81 2.883 36 × 1031 C81H164 n-henoctacontane

82 7.872 56 × 1031 C82H166 n-dooctacontane

83 2.150 28 × 1032 C83H168 n-trioctacontane

84 5.875 32 × 1032 C84H170 n-tetraoctacontane

n-
85 1.605 91 × 1033 C85H172
pentaoctacontane

86 4.391 00 × 1033 C86H174 n-hexaoctacontane

n-
87 1.201 03 × 1034 C87H176
heptaoctacontane

88 3.286 13 × 1034 C88H178 n-octaoctacontane

8.994 10 × 1034
89 8.994 10 × 1034 C89H180 n-nonaoctacontane

90 2.462 45 × 1035 C90H182 n-nonacontane

91 6.743 92 × 1035 C91H184 n-hennonacontane

92 1.847 52 × 1036 C92H186 n-dononacontane

93 5.062 82 × 1036 C93H188 n-trinonacontane

n-
94 1.387 79 × 1037 C94H190
tetranonacontane
n-
95 3.805 18 × 1037 C95H192
pentanonacontane
n-
96 1.043 64 × 1038 C96H194
hexanonacontane
n-
97 2.863 13 × 1038 C97H196
heptanonacontane

98 7.856 85 × 1038 C98H198 n-octanonacontane

n-
99 2.156 60 × 1039 C99H200
nonanonacontane

100 5.921 07 × 1039 C100 H202 n-hectane

101 1.626 08 × 1040 C101 H204 n-henihectane

102 4.466 71 × 1040 C102 H206 n-dohectane

103 1.227 27 × 1041 C103 H208 n-trihectane

104 3.372 82 × 1041 C104 H210 n-tetrahectane

105 9.271 43 × 1041 C105 H212 n-pentahectane

106 2.549 18 × 1042 C106 H214 n-hexahectane

107 7.010 51 × 1042 C107 H216 n-heptahectane

108 1.928 39 × 1043 C108 H218 n-octahectane

109 5.305 57 × 1043 C109 H220 n-nonahectane

110 1.460 03 × 1044 C110 H222 n-decahectane

111 4.018 66 × 1044 C111 H224 n-undecahectane

112 1.106 3396 × 1045 C112 H226 n-dodecahectane

113 3.047 9186 × 1045 C113 H228 n-tridecahectane

114 8.389 9994 × 1045 C114 H230 n-tetradecahectane

n-
115 2.312 2936 × 1046 C115 H232
pentadecahectane
n-
116 6.367 5155 × 1046 C116 H234
hexadecahectane
n-
117 1.755 5388 × 1047 C117 H236
heptadecahectane

118 4.836 1667 × 1047 C118 H238 n-octadecahectane

n-
119 1.333 8183 × 1048 C119 H240
nonadecahectane

120 3.675 7402 × 1048 C120 H242 n-icosahectane

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isomers for a particular alkane.

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