The alkanes are the hydrocarbons where all of the carbons are bonded to the other carbon atoms by single bonds. Alkanes may exist in a chain structure (either straight or branched) or in a ring structure. Alkanes that are acyclic (not in a ring)...

Any of a class of hydrocarbons whose molecules consist only of carbon and hydrogen atoms joined by single covalent bonds (general formula C&math.n;H(2&math.n; + 2)). The simplest is methane (CH4). Alkanes with more than three carbon atoms may have...

A hydrocarbon in which the molecules have utilised all of the bonding electrons to make single bonds with other atoms – it does not contain any double or triple bonds. As a consequence the molecule possesses a full complement of hydrogen atoms...

These are also called paraffins. Lower alkanes are colorless gases or liquids but higher alkanes (17 or more carbons in the chain) are solids. There are straight chain alkanes, branched alkanes and cycloalkanes. The simplest alkane is...

n-Pentadecane Major volatile (84% of total) in the flower scent of Magnolia acuminata (Magnoliaceae). It occurs in other flower scents in lower amounts, together with similar hydrocarbons. Used in organic...

A major constituent of the epicuticular waxes of members of the Crassulaceae, e.g., Aeonium urbicum; it is found in many other leaf waxes in minor...

An aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C6H2n+2. Also known as...

Alkanes, also known as paraffins, are chemical compounds that consist only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) (i.e., hydrocarbons), wherein these atoms are linked together exclusively by single bonds (i.e., they are saturated compounds) without...