The carbon chain of an alkane may be linear or branched, but must not contain loops (cycles); its chemical formula is of the form CₙH₂ₙ₊₂.
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Alkane
//ˈæl.keɪn//
Synonyms for "alkane" (5 found)
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41 translations across 35 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- alcà noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 烷 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
- 烷烴 /烷烃 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 烷 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
- 烷烴 /烷烃 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Czech
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Danish
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Dutch
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Esperanto
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Finnish
1 entries- alkaani noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
French
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German
1 entries- Alkan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Greek
1 entries- αλκάνιο noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Hindi
1 entries- सुषान्य noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Hungarian
1 entries- alkán noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Indonesian
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Irish
1 entries- alcán noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Italian
1 entries- alcano noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Japanese
2 entries- アルカン noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
- メタン系炭化水素 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Kazakh
1 entries- алкан noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Khmer
1 entries- អាល់កាន noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Korean
2 entries- 알칸 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
- 알케인 noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- алкан noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Malay
1 entries- alkana noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Māori
1 entries- waiwaro-tahi noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alkan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Polish
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Portuguese
1 entries- alcano noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Romanian
1 entries- alcan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Russian
1 entries- алка́н noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Spanish
1 entries- alcano noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Swedish
1 entries- alkan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Turkish
1 entries- alkan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Ukrainian
1 entries- алка́н noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ankan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
- hoàn chất noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
- than nhẹ đầy noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
Welsh
1 entries- alcan noun (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2)
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Whereas production levels of short-chain alkanes in plants are insufficient to provide an economically viable fuel source, the genes encoding the alkane biosynthetic pathway may provide a biotechnological resource for engineering fermentation organisms with the capacity to convert biomass to an alkane-based fuel.
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The oxidation of the simplest alkane methanol is carried out by methylotrophs that may be obligate or facultative.
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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.
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