What are the first 10 alkanes?

First 10 Alkanes – Properties

Methane.
Ethane.
Propane.
Butane.
Pentane.
Hexane.
Heptane.
Octane.

What are the 10 members of alkanes?

List of Alkanes

Methane (CH4)
Ethane (C2H6)
Propane (C3H8)
Butane (C4H10)
Pentane (C5H12)
Hexane (C6H14)
Heptane (C7H16)
Octane (C8H18)

How do you remember the first 10 alkanes?

For example the first 10 alkanes in order are , Methane, Ethane, Propane, Butane, Pentane, Hexane, Heptane, Octane, Nonane and Decane. These can be memorised with “Many elephants prefer blue pinapples.

What are the first 12 alkanes?

Table of alkane hydrocarbons

Alkane	Molecular Formula	Composition
Propane	C3H8	CH3-CH2-CH3
Butane	C4H10	CH3-2(CH2)-CH3
Pentane	C5H12	CH3-3(CH2)-CH3
Hexane	C6H14	CH3-4(CH2)-CH3

What are the first 10 alkenes?

List of Alkenes

Ethene (C2H4)
Propene (C3H6)
Butene (C4H8)
Pentene (C5H10)
Hexene (C6H12)
Heptene (C7H14)
Octene (C8H16)
Nonene (C9H18)

How do you remember the order of alkanes?

The longer the chain, the higher the boiling point of the hydrocarbon. The first four alkanes are: methane, ethane, propane and butane. A mnemonic to help you remember the order of the alkanes: mice eat paper bags.