Alkane Nomenclature: These are compounds made of carbon and hydrogen formed by single carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds. Alkanes have the molecular formula C_nH_2n+2, where n represents the number of carbon atoms.

What are alkanes?
Alkanes are compounds formed exclusively by carbon and hydrogen (hydrocarbons) that contain only single carbon-carbon bonds.

Types of alkanes
Alkanes are classified as linear, branched, cyclic, and polycyclic.