List of straight-chain alkanes

Template:Short description The following is a list of straight-chain alkanes, the total number of isomers of each (including branched chains), and their common names, sorted by number of carbon atoms.

Number of C atoms	Number of isomers	Number of isomers including stereoisomers	Molecular Formula	Name of straight chain	Synonyms
1	1	1	Template:Chem2	methane	methyl hydride; natural gas
2	1	1	Template:Chem2	ethane	dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane
3	1	1	Template:Chem2	propane	dimethyl methane; propyl hydride
4	2	2	Template:Chem2	n-butane	butyl hydride; methylethyl methane
5	3	3	Template:Chem2	n-pentane	amyl hydride; Skellysolve A
6	5	5	Template:Chem2	n-hexane	dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B
7	9	11	Template:Chem2	n-heptane	dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C
8	18	24	Template:Chem2	n-octane	dibutyl; octyl hydride
9	35	55	Template:Chem2	n-nonane	nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140
10	75	136	Template:Chem2	n-decane	decyl hydride
11	159	345	Template:Chem2	n-undecane	hendecane
12	355	900	Template:Chem2	n-dodecane	adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane
13	802		Template:Chem2	n-tridecane
14			Template:Chem2	n-tetradecane
15			Template:Chem2	n-pentadecane
16			Template:Chem2	n-hexadecane	cetane
17			Template:Chem2	n-heptadecane
18			Template:Chem2	n-octadecane
19			Template:Chem2	n-nonadecane
20			Template:Chem2	n-eicosane	didecyl; icosane
21			Template:Chem2	n-heneicosane	henicosane; uneicosane
22			Template:Chem2	n-docosane
23			Template:Chem2	n-tricosane
24			Template:Chem2	n-tetracosane
25			Template:Chem2	n-pentacosane
26			Template:Chem2	n-hexacosane	cerane
27			Template:Chem2	n-heptacosane
28			Template:Chem2	n-octacosane
29			Template:Chem2	n-nonacosane
30			Template:Chem2	n-triacontane
31			Template:Chem2	n-hentriacontane	untriacontane
32			Template:Chem2	n-dotriacontane	dicetyl
33			Template:Chem2	n-tritriacontane
34			Template:Chem2	n-tetratriacontane
35			Template:Chem2	n-pentatriacontane
36			Template:Chem2	n-hexatriacontane
37			Template:Chem2	n-heptatriacontane
38			Template:Chem2	n-octatriacontane
39			Template:Chem2	n-nonatriacontane
40			Template:Chem2	n-tetracontane
41			Template:Chem2	n-hentetracontane
42			Template:Chem2	n-dotetracontane
43			Template:Chem2	n-tritetracontane
44			Template:Chem2	n-tetratetracontane
45			Template:Chem2	n-pentatetracontane
46			Template:Chem2	n-hexatetracontane
47			Template:Chem2	n-heptatetracontane
48			Template:Chem2	n-octatetracontane
49			Template:Chem2	n-nonatetracontane
50			Template:Chem2	n-pentacontane
51			Template:Chem2	n-henpentacontane
52			Template:Chem2	n-dopentacontane
53			Template:Chem2	n-tripentacontane
54			Template:Chem2	n-tetrapentacontane
55			Template:Chem2	n-pentapentacontane
56			Template:Chem2	n-hexapentacontane
57			Template:Chem2	n-heptapentacontane
58			Template:Chem2	n-octapentacontane
59			Template:Chem2	n-nonapentacontane
60			Template:Chem2	n-hexacontane
61			Template:Chem2	n-henhexacontane
62			Template:Chem2	n-dohexacontane
63			Template:Chem2	n-trihexacontane
64			Template:Chem2	n-tetrahexacontane
65			Template:Chem2	n-pentahexacontane
66			Template:Chem2	n-hexahexacontane
67			Template:Chem2	n-heptahexacontane
68			Template:Chem2	n-octahexacontane
69			Template:Chem2	n-nonahexacontane
70			Template:Chem2	n-heptacontane
71			Template:Chem2	n-henheptacontane
72			Template:Chem2	n-doheptacontane
73			Template:Chem2	n-triheptacontane
74			Template:Chem2	n-tetraheptacontane
75			Template:Chem2	n-pentaheptacontane
76			Template:Chem2	n-hexaheptacontane
77			Template:Chem2	n-heptaheptacontane
78			Template:Chem2	n-octaheptacontane
79			Template:Chem2	n-nonaheptacontane
80			Template:Chem2	n-octacontane
81			Template:Chem2	n-henoctacontane
82			Template:Chem2	n-dooctacontane
83			Template:Chem2	n-trioctacontane
84			Template:Chem2	n-tetraoctacontane
85			Template:Chem2	n-pentaoctacontane
86			Template:Chem2	n-hexaoctacontane
87			Template:Chem2	n-heptaoctacontane
88			Template:Chem2	n-octaoctacontane
89			Template:Chem2	n-nonaoctacontane
90			Template:Chem2	n-nonacontane
91			Template:Chem2	n-hennonacontane
92			Template:Chem2	n-dononacontane
93			Template:Chem2	n-trinonacontane
94			Template:Chem2	n-tetranonacontane
95			Template:Chem2	n-pentanonacontane
96			Template:Chem2	n-hexanonacontane
97			Template:Chem2	n-heptanonacontane
98			Template:Chem2	n-octanonacontane
99			Template:Chem2	n-nonanonacontane
100			Template:Chem2	n-hectane
101			Template:Chem2	n-henhectane
102			Template:Chem2	n-dohectane
103			Template:Chem2	n-trihectane
104			Template:Chem2	n-tetrahectane
105			Template:Chem2	n-pentahectane
106			Template:Chem2	n-hexahectane
107			Template:Chem2	n-heptahectane
108			Template:Chem2	n-octahectane
109			Template:Chem2	n-nonahectane
110			Template:Chem2	n-decahectane
111			Template:Chem2	n-undecahectane
112			Template:Chem2	n-dodecahectane
113			Template:Chem2	n-tridecahectane
114			Template:Chem2	n-tetradecahectane
115			Template:Chem2	n-pentadecahectane
116			Template:Chem2	n-hexadecahectane
117			Template:Chem2	n-heptadecahectane
118			Template:Chem2	n-octadecahectane
119			Template:Chem2	n-nonadecahectane
120			Template:Chem2	n-eicosahectane

See also

• Higher alkane
• List of compounds with carbon numbers 50+