alkane

Etymology
From, formed as.

Noun

 * 1)  Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
 * 2) * 2012, Chulsung Bae, Chapter 3: Catalytic Carbon-Boron Bond Formation via Activation of Alkane C-H Bonds, Pedro J. Pérez, Alkane C-H Activation by Single-Site Metal Catalysis, Springer, page 73,
 * Alkanes are extremely unreactive toward nucleophiles and electrophiles because they are composed of nonpolar, strong, saturated C–H and C-C bonds.
 * 1) * 2012, Chulsung Bae, Chapter 3: Catalytic Carbon-Boron Bond Formation via Activation of Alkane C-H Bonds, Pedro J. Pérez, Alkane C-H Activation by Single-Site Metal Catalysis, Springer, page 73,
 * Alkanes are extremely unreactive toward nucleophiles and electrophiles because they are composed of nonpolar, strong, saturated C–H and C-C bonds.
 * Alkanes are extremely unreactive toward nucleophiles and electrophiles because they are composed of nonpolar, strong, saturated C–H and C-C bonds.

Usage notes

 * The term is a historical synonym, but also has other meanings.
 * The term is used for saturated hydrocarbons that contain cycles.
 * The suffix denotes an alkane, but note that it has a different use in inorganic chemistry.
 * As defined by, the names , , , , etc., refer specifically to the linear forms. From butane onwards, there also exist branched forms (isomers), which are named using structural nomenclature. (For instance, butane has two isomeric forms: butane itself and another called or ).
 * Do not confuse with.

Translations

 * Catalan: alcà
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 烷, 烷烴
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: alkan
 * Danish: alkan
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 * Esperanto: alkano
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 * Hindi: सुषान्य
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 * Irish: alcán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, メタン系炭化水素
 * Kazakh: алкан
 * Khmer: អាល់កាន
 * Korean: 알칸, 알케인
 * Kyrgyz: алкан
 * Malay:
 * Maori: waiwaro-tahi
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 * Nynorsk: alkan
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 * Spanish: alcano
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 * Ukrainian: алка́н
 * Vietnamese: ankan