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Also known as saturated hydrocarbon, alkanes

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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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Alcanos são compostos não-cíclicos formados somente por ligações químicas e . Os alcanos pertencem à classe dos compostos químicos conhecida com de hidrocarbonetos, que inclui também os cicloalcanos, alcenos, alcinos, dienos, polienos, benzeno e derivados do benzeno, formados apenas por carbono e hidrogênio. A cadeia formada apenas por ligações simples é chamada de saturada, enquanto a presença de ligações duplas caracteriza as cadeias insaturadas. Os alcanos apresentam a fórmula geral , onde é o número de carbonos. A designação parafinas para os alcanos é pouco utilizada atualmente.

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