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. (R means the page is redirected to higher alkanes)

Number of C atoms	Number of isomers	Formula	Name of straight chain	Synonyms
1	1	CH4	Methane	methyl hydride; natural gas
2	1	C2H6	Ethane	dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane
3	1	C3H8	Propane	dimethyl methane; propyl hydride
4	2	C4H10	n-Butane	butyl hydride; methylethyl methane
5	3	C5H12	n-Pentane	amyl hydride; Skellysolve A
6	5	C6H14	n-Hexane	dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B
7	9	C7H16	n-Heptane	dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C
8	18	C8H18	n-Octane	dibutyl; octyl hydride
9	35	C9H20	n-Nonane	nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140
10	75	C10H22	n-Decane	decyl hydride
11	159	C11H24	n-Undecane	hendecane
12	355	C12H26	n-Dodecane	adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane
13	802	C13H28	n-Tridecane
14	1,858	C14H30	n-Tetradecane(R)
15	4,347	C15H32	n-Pentadecane
16	10,359	C16H34	n-Hexadecane	cetane
17	24,894	C17H36	n-Heptadecane
18	60,523	C18H38	n-Octadecane(R)
19	148,284	C19H40	n-Nonadecane(R)
20	366,319	C20H42	n-Icosane	didecyl, eicosane
21	910,726	C21H44	n-Henicosane(R)	henicosane
22	2,278,638	C22H46	n-Docosane(R)
23	5,731,580	C23H48	n-Tricosane(R)
24	14,490,245	C24H50	n-Tetracosane	tetrakosane
25	36,797,588	C25H52	n-Pentacosane(R)	Paraffin Wax
26	93,839,412	C26H54	n-Hexacosane(R)	cerane; hexeikosane
27	240,215,803	C27H56	n-Heptacosane(R)
28	617,105,614	C28H58	n-Octacosane(R)
29	1,590,507,121	C29H60	n-Nonacosane
30	4,111,846,763	C30H62	n-Triacontane(R)
31	10,660,307,791	C31H64	n-Hentriacontane	untriacontane
32	27,711,253,769	C32H66	n-Dotriacontane(R)	dicetyl
33	72,214,088,660	C33H68	n-Tritriacontane(R)
34	188,626,236,139	C34H70	n-Tetratriacontane(R)
35	493,782,952,902	C35H72	n-Pentatriacontane(R)
36	1,295,297,588,128	C36H74	n-Hexatriacontane(R)
37	3,404,490,780,161	C37H76	n-Heptatriacontane
38	8,964,747,474,595	C38H78	n-Octatriacontane
39	23,647,478,933,969	C39H80	n-Nonatriacontane
40	62,481,801,147,341	C40H82	n-Tetracontane(R)
41	165,351,455,535,782	C41H84	n-Hentetracontane
42	438,242,894,769,226	C42H86	n-Dotetracontane
43	1,163,169,707,886,427	C43H88	n-Tritetracontane
44	3,091,461,011,836,856	C44H90	n-Tetratetracontane
45	8,227,162,372,221,203	C45H92	n-Pentatetracontane
46	21,921,834,086,683,418	C46H94	n-Hexatetracontane
47	58,481,806,621,987,010	C47H96	n-Heptatetracontane
48	156,192,366,474,590,639	C48H98	n-Octatetracontane
49	417,612,400,765,382,272	C49H100	n-Nonatetracontane
50	1,117,743,651,746,953,270	C50H102	n-Pentacontane(R)
51	2.99466×1018	C51H104	n-Henpentacontane
52	8.03108×1018	C52H106	n-Dopentacontane
53	2.15578×1019	C53H108	n-Tripentacontane
54	5.79192×1019	C54H110	n-Tetrapentacontane
55	1.55745×1020	C55H112	n-Pentapentacontane
56	4.1915×1020	C56H114	n-Hexapentacontane
57	1.12894×1021	C57H116	n-Heptapentacontane
58	3.04304×1021	C58H118	n-Octapentacontane
59	8.20862×1021	C59H120	n-Nonapentacontane
60	2.21587×1022	C60H122	n-Hexacontane(R)
61	5.98581×1022	C61H124	n-Henhexacontane
62	1.61806×1023	C62H126	n-Dohexacontane
63	4.37672×1023	C63H128	n-Trihexacontane
64	1.18462×1024	C64H130	n-Tetrahexacontane
65	3.20829×1024	C65H132	n-Pentahexacontane
66	8.69413×1024	C66H134	n-Hexahexacontane
67	2.35738×1025	C67H136	n-Heptahexacontane
68	6.39552×1025	C68H138	n-Octahexacontane
69	1.73603×1026	C69H140	n-Nonahexacontane
70	4.71485×1026	C70H142	n-Heptacontane
71	1.28115×1027	C71H144	n-Henheptacontane
72	3.48297×1027	C72H146	n-Doheptacontane
73	9.47345×1027	C73H148	n-Triheptacontane
74	2.57793×1028	C74H150	n-Tetraheptacontane
75	7.01832×1028	C75H152	n-Pentaheptacontane
76	1.91156×1029	C76H154	n-Hexaheptacontane
77	5.20874×1029	C77H156	n-Heptaheptacontane
78	1.41991×1030	C78H158	n-Octaheptacontane
79	3.87228×1030	C79H160	n-Nonaheptacontane
80	1.05645×1031	C80H162	n-Octacontane
81	2.88336×1031	C81H164	n-Henoctacontane
82	7.87256×1031	C82H166	n-Dooctacontane
83	2.15028×1032	C83H168	n-Trioctacontane
84	5.87532×1032	C84H170	n-Tetraoctacontane
85	1.60591×1033	C85H172	n-Pentaoctacontane
86	4.39100×1033	C86H174	n-Hexaoctacontane
87	1.20103×1034	C87H176	n-Heptaoctacontane
88	3.28613×1034	C88H178	n-Octaoctacontane
89	8.99410×1034	C89H180	n-Nonaoctacontane
90	2.46245×1035	C90H182	n-Nonacontane
91	6.74392×1035	C91H184	n-Hennonacontane
92	1.84752×1036	C92H186	n-Dononacontane
93	5.06282×1036	C93H188	n-Trinonacontane
94	1.38779×1037	C94H190	n-Tetranonacontane
95	3.80518×1037	C95H192	n-Pentanonacontane
96	1.04364×1038	C96H194	n-Hexanonacontane
97	2.86313×1038	C97H196	n-Heptanonacontane
98	7.85685×1038	C98H198	n-Octanonacontane
99	2.15660×1039	C99H200	n-Nonanonacontane
100	5.92107×1039	C100H202	n-Hectane
101	1.62608×1040	C101H204	n-Henihectane
102	4.46671×1040	C102H206	n-Dohectane
103	1.22727×1041	C103H208	n-Trihectane
104	3.37282×1041	C104H210	n-Tetrahectane
105	9.27143×1041	C105H212	n-Pentahectane
106	2.54918×1042	C106H214	n-Hexahectane
107	7.01051×1042	C107H216	n-Heptahectane
108	1.92839×1043	C108H218	n-Octahectane
109	5.30557×1043	C109H220	n-Nonahectane
110	1.46003×1044	C110H222	n-Decahectane
111	4.01866×1044	C111H224	n-Undecahectane
112	1.1063396×1045	C112H226	n-Dodecahectane
113	3.0479186×1045	C113H228	n-Tridecahectane
114	8.3899994×1045	C114H230	n-Tetradecahectane
115	2.3122936×1046	C115H232	n-Pentadecahectane
116	6.3675155×1046	C116H234	n-Hexadecahectane
117	1.7555388×1047	C117H236	n-Heptadecahectane
118	4.8361667×1047	C118H238	n-Octadecahectane
119	1.3338183×1048	C119H240	n-Nonadecahectane
120	3.6757402×1048	C120H242	n-Icosahectane
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