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1
Q

what is an alkane

A

single bonded saturated hydrocarbon (all sp3)

formula CnH2n + 2, untrue if cyclic

sigma bond rotation

2
Q

meth-

A

1

3
Q

eth-

A

2

4
Q

prop-

A

3

5
Q

but-

A

4

6
Q

pent-

A

5

7
Q

hex-

A

6

8
Q

hept-

A

7

9
Q

oct-

A

8

10
Q

non-

A

9

11
Q

dec-

A

10

12
Q

undec-

A

11

13
Q

dodec-

A

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