List of straight-chain alkanes

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

Number of C atoms	Number of isomers	Number of isomers including stereoisomers	Molecular Formula	Name of straight chain	Synonyms
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		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-icosane	didecyl icosane
21			C₂₁H₄₄	n-henicosane	henicosane
22			C₂₂H₄₆	n-docosane
23			C₂₃H₄₈	n-tricosane
24			C₂₄H₅₀	n-tetracosane	tetrakosane
25			C₂₅H₅₂	n-pentacosane	paraffin wax
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-hexaheptacontane
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
101			C₁₀₁H₂₀₄	n-henihectane
102			C₁₀₂H₂₀₆	n-dohectane
103			C₁₀₃H₂₀₈	n-trihectane
104			C₁₀₄H₂₁₀	n-tetrahectane
105			C₁₀₅H₂₁₂	n-pentahectane
106			C₁₀₆H₂₁₄	n-hexahectane
107			C₁₀₇H₂₁₆	n-heptahectane
108			C₁₀₈H₂₁₈	n-octahectane
109			C₁₀₉H₂₂₀	n-nonahectane
110			C₁₁₀H₂₂₂	n-decahectane
111			C₁₁₁H₂₂₄	n-undecahectane
112			C₁₁₂H₂₂₆	n-dodecahectane
113			C₁₁₃H₂₂₈	n-tridecahectane
114			C₁₁₄H₂₃₀	n-tetradecahectane
115			C₁₁₅H₂₃₂	n-pentadecahectane
116			C₁₁₆H₂₃₄	n-hexadecahectane
117			C₁₁₇H₂₃₆	n-heptadecahectane
118			C₁₁₈H₂₃₈	n-octadecahectane
119			C₁₁₉H₂₄₀	n-nonadecahectane
120			C₁₂₀H₂₄₂	n-icosahectane

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