Which of the following compounds is an alkane?

Practice Questions

Q1
Which of the following compounds is an alkane?
  1. C2H4
  2. C3H6
  3. C4H10
  4. C5H8

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

Which of the following compounds is an alkane?
  • Step 1: Understand what an alkane is. An alkane is a type of hydrocarbon that only has single bonds between carbon atoms.
  • Step 2: Know the general formula for alkanes, which is CnH2n+2. Here, 'n' represents the number of carbon atoms.
  • Step 3: Identify the number of carbon atoms in the compound C4H10. In this case, n = 4 because there are 4 carbon atoms.
  • Step 4: Use the formula CnH2n+2 to calculate the number of hydrogen atoms for n = 4. This gives us H = 2(4) + 2 = 10.
  • Step 5: Compare the calculated number of hydrogen atoms (10) with the given compound C4H10. They match, confirming that C4H10 is an alkane.
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