What is nomenclature of alkane?

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Himanshu Rao
9 years ago
Naming of straight chain alkanes (alkanes that do not branch) is a straightforward process. To give an alkane a name, a prefix indicating the number of carbons in the molecule is added to the suffix ane, identifying both the kind of molecule (an alkane) and how many carbons the molecule has (the pre

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