The following is a list of straight-chain and branched alkanes and their common names, sorted by number of carbon atoms. (R means the page is redirected to higher alkanes)
Number of C atoms | Number of isomers | Number of isomers including stereoisomers | Molecular Formula | Name of straight chain | Synonyms |
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1 | 1 | 1 | CH4 | Methane | methyl hydride; natural gas |
2 | 1 | 1 | C2H6 | Ethane | dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane |
3 | 1 | 1 | C3H8 | Propane | dimethyl methane; propyl hydride |
4 | 2 | 2 | C4H10 | n-Butane | butyl hydride; methylethyl methane |
5 | 3 | 3 | C5H12 | n-Pentane | amyl hydride; Skellysolve A |
6 | 5 | 5 | C6H14 | n-Hexane | dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B |
7 | 9 | 11 | C7H16 | n-Heptane | dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C |
8 | 18 | 24 | C8H18 | n-Octane | dibutyl; octyl hydride |
9 | 35 | 55 | C9H20 | n-Nonane | nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140 |
10 | 75 | 136 | C10H22 | n-Decane | decyl hydride |
11 | 159 | 345 | C11H24 | n-Undecane | hendecane |
12 | 355 | 900 | C12H26 | n-Dodecane | adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane |
13 | 802 | 2,412 | C13H28 | n-Tridecane | |
14 | 1,858 | 6,563 | C14H30 | n-Tetradecane(R) | |
15 | 4,347 | 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(R) | |
19 | 148,284 | 1,173,770 | C19H40 | n-Nonadecane(R) | |
20 | 366,319 | 3,396,844 | C20H42 | n-Icosane | didecyl, eicosane |
21 | 910,726 | 9,891,650 | C21H44 | n-Henicosane(R) | henicosane |
22 | 2,278,638 | 28,972,080 | C22H46 | n-Docosane(R) | |
23 | 5,731,580 | 85,289,390 | C23H48 | n-Tricosane(R) | |
24 | 14,490,245 | 252,260,276 | C24H50 | n-Tetracosane | tetrakosane |
25 | 36,797,588 | 749,329,719 | C25H52 | n-Pentacosane(R) | Paraffin Wax |
26 | 93,839,412 | 2,234,695,030 | C26H54 | n-Hexacosane(R) | cerane; hexeikosane |
27 | 240,215,803 | 6,688,893,603 | C27H56 | n-Heptacosane(R) | |
28 | 617,105,614 | 20,089,296,554 | C28H58 | n-Octacosane(R) | |
29 | 1,590,507,121 | 60,526,543,480 | C29H60 | n-Nonacosane | |
30 | 4,111,846,763 | 182,896,187,256 | C30H62 | n-Triacontane(R) | |
31 | 10,660,307,791 | 1 | C31H64 | n-Hentriacontane | untriacontane |
32 | 27,711,253,769 | 1 | C32H66 | n-Dotriacontane(R) | dicetyl |
33 | 72,214,088,660 | 1 | C33H68 | n-Tritriacontane(R) | |
34 | 188,626,236,139 | 1 | C34H70 | n-Tetratriacontane(R) | |
35 | 493,782,952,902 | 1 | C35H72 | n-Pentatriacontane(R) | |
36 | 1,295,297,588,128 | C36H74 | n-Hexatriacontane(R) | ||
37 | 3,404,490,780,161 | 1 | C37H76 | n-Heptatriacontane | |
38 | 8,964,747,474,595 | 1 | C38H78 | n-Octatriacontane | |
39 | 23,647,478,933,969 | C39H80 | n-Nonatriacontane | ||
40 | 62,481,801,147,341 | 1 | C40H82 | n-Tetracontane(R) | |
41 | 165,351,455,535,782 | 1 | C41H84 | n-Hentetracontane | |
42 | 438,242,894,769,226 | 1 | C42H86 | n-Dotetracontane | |
43 | 1,163,169,707,886,427 | 1 | C43H88 | n-Tritetracontane | |
44 | 3,091,461,011,836,856 | 1 | C44H90 | n-Tetratetracontane | |
45 | 8,227,162,372,221,203 | C45H92 | n-Pentatetracontane | ||
46 | 21,921,834,086,683,418 | 1 | C46H94 | n-Hexatetracontane | |
47 | 58,481,806,621,987,010 | 1 | C47H96 | n-Heptatetracontane | |
48 | 156,192,366,474,590,639 | 1 | C48H98 | n-Octatetracontane | |
49 | 417,612,400,765,382,272 | 1 | C49H100 | n-Nonatetracontane | |
50 | 1,117,743,651,746,953,270 | 1 | C50H102 | n-Pentacontane(R) | |
51 | 2.99466×1018 | 1 | C51H104 | n-Henpentacontane | |
52 | 8.03108×1018 | 1 | C52H106 | n-Dopentacontane | |
53 | 2.15578×1019 | 1 | C53H108 | n-Tripentacontane | |
54 | 5.79192×1019 | 1 | C54H110 | n-Tetrapentacontane | |
55 | 1.55745×1020 | 1 | C55H112 | n-Pentapentacontane | |
56 | 4.1915×1020 | 1 | C56H114 | n-Hexapentacontane | |
57 | 1.12894×1021 | C57H116 | n-Heptapentacontane | ||
58 | 3.04304×1021 | 1 | C58H118 | n-Octapentacontane | |
59 | 8.20862×1021 | 1 | C59H120 | n-Nonapentacontane | |
60 | 2.21587×1022 | 1 | C60H122 | n-Hexacontane(R) | |
61 | 5.98581×1022 | C61H124 | n-Henhexacontane | ||
62 | 1.61806×1023 | C62H126 | n-Dohexacontane | ||
63 | 4.37672×1023 | C63H128 | n-Trihexacontane | ||
64 | 1.18462×1024 | C64H130 | n-Tetrahexacontane | ||
65 | 3.20829×1024 | C65H132 | n-Pentahexacontane | ||
66 | 8.69413×1024 | C66H134 | n-Hexahexacontane | ||
67 | 2.35738×1025 | C67H136 | n-Heptahexacontane | ||
68 | 6.39552×1025 | C68H138 | n-Octahexacontane | ||
69 | 1.73603×1026 | C69H140 | n-Nonahexacontane | ||
70 | 4.71485×1026 | C70H142 | n-Heptacontane | ||
71 | 1.28115×1027 | C71H144 | n-Henheptacontane | ||
72 | 3.48297×1027 | C72H146 | n-Doheptacontane | ||
73 | 9.47345×1027 | C73H148 | n-Triheptacontane | ||
74 | 2.57793×1028 | C74H150 | n-Tetraheptacontane | ||
75 | 7.01832×1028 | C75H152 | n-Pentaheptacontane | ||
76 | 1.91156×1029 | C76H154 | n-Hexaheptacontane | ||
77 | 5.20874×1029 | C77H156 | n-Heptaheptacontane | ||
78 | 1.41991×1030 | C78H158 | n-Octaheptacontane | ||
79 | 3.87228×1030 | C79H160 | n-Nonaheptacontane | ||
80 | 1.05645×1031 | C80H162 | n-Octacontane | ||
81 | 2.88336×1031 | C81H164 | n-Henoctacontane | ||
82 | 7.87256×1031 | C82H166 | n-Dooctacontane | ||
83 | 2.15028×1032 | C83H168 | n-Trioctacontane | ||
84 | 5.87532×1032 | C84H170 | n-Tetraoctacontane | ||
85 | 1.60591×1033 | C85H172 | n-Pentaoctacontane | ||
86 | 4.39100×1033 | C86H174 | n-Hexaoctacontane | ||
87 | 1.20103×1034 | C87H176 | n-Heptaoctacontane | ||
88 | 3.28613×1034 | C88H178 | n-Octaoctacontane | ||
89 | 8.99410×1034 | C89H180 | n-Nonaoctacontane | ||
90 | 2.46245×1035 | C90H182 | n-Nonacontane | ||
91 | 6.74392×1035 | C91H184 | n-Hennonacontane | ||
92 | 1.84752×1036 | C92H186 | n-Dononacontane | ||
93 | 5.06282×1036 | C93H188 | n-Trinonacontane | ||
94 | 1.38779×1037 | C94H190 | n-Tetranonacontane | ||
95 | 3.80518×1037 | C95H192 | n-Pentanonacontane | ||
96 | 1.04364×1038 | C96H194 | n-Hexanonacontane | ||
97 | 2.86313×1038 | C97H196 | n-Heptanonacontane | ||
98 | 7.85685×1038 | C98H198 | n-Octanonacontane | ||
99 | 2.15660×1039 | C99H200 | n-Nonanonacontane | ||
100 | 5.92107×1039 | C100H202 | n-Hectane | ||
101 | 1.62608×1040 | C101H204 | n-Henihectane | ||
102 | 4.46671×1040 | C102H206 | n-Dohectane | ||
103 | 1.22727×1041 | C103H208 | n-Trihectane | ||
104 | 3.37282×1041 | C104H210 | n-Tetrahectane | ||
105 | 9.27143×1041 | C105H212 | n-Pentahectane | ||
106 | 2.54918×1042 | C106H214 | n-Hexahectane | ||
107 | 7.01051×1042 | C107H216 | n-Heptahectane | ||
108 | 1.92839×1043 | C108H218 | n-Octahectane | ||
109 | 5.30557×1043 | C109H220 | n-Nonahectane | ||
110 | 1.46003×1044 | C110H222 | n-Decahectane | ||
111 | 4.01866×1044 | C111H224 | n-Undecahectane | ||
112 | 1.1063396×1045 | C112H226 | n-Dodecahectane | ||
113 | 3.0479186×1045 | C113H228 | n-Tridecahectane | ||
114 | 8.3899994×1045 | C114H230 | n-Tetradecahectane | ||
115 | 2.3122936×1046 | C115H232 | n-Pentadecahectane | ||
116 | 6.3675155×1046 | C116H234 | n-Hexadecahectane | ||
117 | 1.7555388×1047 | C117H236 | n-Heptadecahectane | ||
118 | 4.8361667×1047 | C118H238 | n-Octadecahectane | ||
119 | 1.3338183×1048 | C119H240 | n-Nonadecahectane | ||
120 | 3.6757402×1048 | C120H242 | n-Icosahectane | ||
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