Intro & Nomenclature of Alkanes

Alkanes (saturated hydrocarbon)

hydrocarbons that lack pi bonds

Nomenclature

a system for naming organic compounds (IUPAC)

Cycloalkanes

an alkane whose structure contains a ring

Methane

# of carbon atoms: 1

parent: meth

alkyl group: methyl

Ethane

# of carbon atoms: 2

parent: eth

alkyl group: ethyl

Propane

# of carbon atoms: 3

parent: prop

alkyl group: propyl

Butane

# of carbon atoms: 4

parent: but

alkyl group: butyl

Pentane

# of carbon atoms: 5

parent: pent

alkyl group: pentyl

Hexane

# of carbon atoms: 6

parent: hex

alkyl group: hexyl

Heptane

number of carbon atoms: 7

parent: hept

alkyl group: heptyl

Octane

number of carbon atoms: 8

parent: oct

alkyl group: octyl

Nonane

number of carbon atoms: 9

parent: non

alkyl group: nonly

Decane

number of carbon atoms: 10

parent: dec

alkyl group: decyl

Undecane

number of carbon atoms: 11

parent: undec

Dodecane

number of carbon atoms: 12

parent: dodec

Tridecane

number of carbon atoms: 13

parent: tridec

Tetradecane

number of carbon atoms: tetradecane

Pentadecane

number of carbon atoms: 15

parent: pentadec

Eicosane

number of carbon atoms: 20

parent: eicos

Triacontane

number of carbon atoms: 30

parent: tetracont

Tetracontane

number of carbon atoms: 40

parent: tetracont

Pentacontane

number of carbon atoms: 50

parent: pentacont

Hectane

number of carbon atoms: 100

parent: hect