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List of straight-chain alkanes

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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	last1=Fujita	first1=Shinsaku	journal=MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem.	date=2007
1	1	1	methane	methyl hydride; natural gas
2	1	1	ethane	dimethyl; ethyl hydride; methyl methane
3	1	1	propane	dimethyl methane; propyl hydride
4	2	2	n-butane	butyl hydride; methylethyl methane
5	3	3	n-pentane	amyl hydride; Skellysolve A
6	5	5	n-hexane	dipropyl; Gettysolve-B; hexyl hydride; Skellysolve B
7	9	11	n-heptane	dipropyl methane; Gettysolve-C; heptyl hydride; Skellysolve C
8	18	24	n-octane	dibutyl; octyl hydride
9	35	55	n-nonane	nonyl hydride; Shellsol 140
10	75	136	n-decane	decyl hydride
11	159	345	n-undecane	hendecane
12	355	900	n-dodecane	adakane 12; bihexyl; dihexyl; duodecane
13	802		n-tridecane
14			n-tetradecane
15			n-pentadecane
16			n-hexadecane	cetane
17			n-heptadecane
18			n-octadecane
19			n-nonadecane
20			n-eicosane	didecyl; icosane
21			n-heneicosane	henicosane; uneicosane
22			n-docosane
23			n-tricosane
24			n-tetracosane
25			n-pentacosane
26hexacosane			n-hexacosane	cerane
27			n-heptacosane
28			n-octacosane
29			n-nonacosane
30			n-triacontane
31			n-hentriacontane	untriacontane
32			n-dotriacontane	dicetyl
33			n-tritriacontane
34			n-tetratriacontane
35			n-pentatriacontane
36			n-hexatriacontane
37			n-heptatriacontane
38			n-octatriacontane
39			n-nonatriacontane
40			n-tetracontane
41			n-hentetracontane
42			n-dotetracontane
43			n-tritetracontane
44			n-tetratetracontane
45			n-pentatetracontane
46			n-hexatetracontane
47			n-heptatetracontane
48			n-octatetracontane
49			n-nonatetracontane
50			n-pentacontane
51			n-henpentacontane
52			n-dopentacontane
53			n-tripentacontane
54			n-tetrapentacontane
55			n-pentapentacontane
56			n-hexapentacontane
57			n-heptapentacontane
58			n-octapentacontane
59			n-nonapentacontane
60			n-hexacontane
61			n-henhexacontane
62			n-dohexacontane
63			n-trihexacontane
64			n-tetrahexacontane
65			n-pentahexacontane
66			n-hexahexacontane
67			n-heptahexacontane
68			n-octahexacontane
69			n-nonahexacontane
70			n-heptacontane
71			n-henheptacontane
72			n-doheptacontane
73			n-triheptacontane
74			n-tetraheptacontane
75			n-pentaheptacontane
76			n-hexaheptacontane
77			n-heptaheptacontane
78			n-octaheptacontane
79			n-nonaheptacontane
80			n-octacontane
81			n-henoctacontane
82			n-dooctacontane
83			n-trioctacontane
84			n-tetraoctacontane
85			n-pentaoctacontane
86			n-hexaoctacontane
87			n-heptaoctacontane
88			n-octaoctacontane
89			n-nonaoctacontane
90			n-nonacontane
91			n-hennonacontane
92			n-dononacontane
93			n-trinonacontane
94			n-tetranonacontane
95			n-pentanonacontane
96			n-hexanonacontane
97			n-heptanonacontane
98			n-octanonacontane
99			n-nonanonacontane
100			n-hectane
101			n-henhectane
102			n-dohectane
103			n-trihectane
104			n-tetrahectane
105			n-pentahectane
106			n-hexahectane
107			n-heptahectane
108			n-octahectane
109			n-nonahectane
110			n-decahectane
111			n-undecahectane
112			n-dodecahectane
113			n-tridecahectane
114			n-tetradecahectane
115			n-pentadecahectane
116			n-hexadecahectane
117			n-heptadecahectane
118			n-octadecahectane
119			n-nonadecahectane
120			n-eicosahectane

References

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(2007). "Alkanes as Stereoisomers. Enumeration by the Combination of Two Dichotomies for Three-Dimensional Trees". MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem..
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{{Cite OEIS. A000628

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