World of Chemistry
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Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Alkanes are saturated organic compounds which are made up of C and H atoms. Alkanes have the general formula of CnH2n+2. Alkane contains sp3 hybridized carbon atoms with four sigmas (σ) bonds & every hydrogen atom is connected with one of the carbon atom…
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Chapter 20, Problem 12A
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The root names for the alkanes with five through ten carbon atomshave to be given.

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Alkanes are the saturated hydrocarbons which contain only C-H and C-C single bonds. The general formula of alkane is CnH2n+2. The simplest alkane among all alkanes is methane CH4.

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Alkanes are named by using root name which is associated with the number of carbon atoms in the parent chain.

    No. of Carbon atomsRoot nameFormulaName of the alkane
    5pent-C5H12Pentane
    6hex-C6H14Hexane
    7hept-C7H16Heptane
    8oct-C8H18Octane
    9non-C9H20Nonane
    10dec-C10H22Decane

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Alkanes are named by using root name which is associated with the number of carbon atoms in the parent chain.

    No. of Carbon atomsRoot nameFormulaName of the alkane
    5pent-C5H12Pentane
    6hex-C6H14Hexane
    7hept-C7H16Heptane
    8oct-C8H18Octane
    9non-C9H20Nonane
    10dec-C10H22Decane
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