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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
adakane 12;
bihexyl;
12 355 900 C12H26 n-dodecane
dihexyl;
duodecane
13 802 2412 C13H28 n-tridecane
didecyl
20 366 319 3 396 844 C20H42 n-icosane
icosane
21 910 726 9 891 650 C21H44 n-henicosane henicosane
cerane;
26 93 839 412 2 234 695 030 C26H54 n-hexacosane
hexeikosane
27 240 215 803 6 688 893 603 C27H56 n-heptacosane
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
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
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
n-
65 3.208 29 × 1024 C65H132
pentahexacontane
n-
66 8.694 13 × 1024 C66H134
hexahexacontane
n-
67 2.357 38 × 1025 C67H136
heptahexacontane
n-
69 1.736 03 × 1026 C69H140
nonahexacontane
n-
71 1.281 15 × 1027 C71H144
henheptacontane
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
n-
85 1.605 91 × 1033 C85H172
pentaoctacontane
n-
87 1.201 03 × 1034 C87H176
heptaoctacontane
8.994 10 × 1034
89 8.994 10 × 1034 C89H180 n-nonaoctacontane
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
n-
99 2.156 60 × 1039 C99H200
nonanonacontane
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
n-
119 1.333 8183 × 1048 C119 H240
nonadecahectane
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