alcane

Also known as saturated hydrocarbon, alkanes

hydrocarbure saturé

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An alkane is a type of molecule made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms arranged in chains or rings, with methane being the simplest example. Alkanes are important because they form the basis of many fuels like natural gas and oil, and are fundamental building blocks for countless chemicals we use daily.

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Research

118,242 papers

Insights into cyanobacterial alkane biosynthesis.ReviewJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2022Parveen H, Yazdani SSDOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuab075
Structure and Function of Alkane Monooxygenase (AlkB).ReviewAccounts of chemical research · 2023Groves JT, Feng L, Austin RNDOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00590
Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea.ReviewNature microbiology · 2019Wang Y, Wegener G, Hou J et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0364-2
Utilization of n-alkane and roles of lipid transfer proteins in Yarrowia lipolytica.ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Fukuda RDOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03541-3
N-alkane shape distinctive microbial patterns in Kuroshio Extension.Environment international · 2024Hu X, Zhao S, Li H et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108757
Metabolism of Hydrocarbons in n-Alkane-Utilizing Anaerobic Bacteria.ReviewJournal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology · 2016Wilkes H, Buckel W, Golding BT et al.DOI: 10.1159/000442160
Alkane hydroxylases involved in microbial alkane degradation.ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology · 2007van Beilen JB, Funhoff EGDOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0748-0
Alkane biohydroxylation: Interests, constraints and future developments.ReviewJournal of biotechnology · 2016Soussan L, Pen N, Belleville MP et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2016.02.007

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Instance of: homologous series

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topic's main category: Category:Alkanes
Commons category: Alkanes
different from: alkene
canonical SMILES: C[*]
topic has template: Template:Alkanes
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
CXSMILES: [H]C([H])([H])[H] |Sg:n:1,2,3:n:ht|

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Les alcanes sont des hydrocarbures saturés. Ils ne sont constitués que d'atomes de carbone (C) et d'hydrogène (H), liés entre eux par des liaisons simples, les atomes de carbone sont reliés à un nombre maximal d'atomes d'hydrogène — d'où le nom de « saturé ». Les alcanes non cycliques possèdent une formule brute de la forme CnH2n+2 où n est un entier naturel non nul. Inversement : les alcènes, les alcynes, et les composés aromatiques sont des hydrocarbures insaturés.

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