Is butane an alkane?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-07T10:13:15

Yes.

This is because it's fully saturated with hydrogen atoms.

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Answer 2 · 2018-06-07T15:01:22

Of course!

Look at the name of the molecule, it is butane after all, and not butene or butyne.

Another clue is looking at its chemical structure. Butane has a chemical formula of $C_{4} H_{8}$ $C_4H_8$ , and looks like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butane

Since it has only single $C - C$ $C-C$ bonds, it is considered to be saturated, and therefore is an alkane.