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Alkanes, also known as paraffins or saturated hydrocarbons, are chemical compounds that consist only of the elements carbon (C) and hydrogen (H), wherein these atoms are linked together exclusively by single bonds (i.e., they are saturated compounds). Alkanes belong to a homologous series of organic compounds in which the members differ by a constant relative molecular mass of 14. Alkanes with more than three carbon atoms can be arranged in numerous different ways, forming different structural isomers. Alkanes are not very reactive and have little biological activity. Alkanes can be viewed as a molecular tree upon which can be hung the interesting biologically active/reactive portions or the functional groups of the molecule. This book studies alkanes including methane, isobutane, cycloalkane, valence electron, and free radical halogenation.
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