What are some uses of alkane?

Answer 1

Alkanes are used in the following:

- production of polymers

- serve as intermediate in the synthesis of drugs, pesticides and other valuable chemicals (e.g. ethanol, acetic acid, ethylene glycol, vinyl chloride)

- plant hormone

- commercial fuel (propane)

- components of gasoline (pentane and octane)

- natural gas (methane)

- paraffin wax

Answer 2

idk acetyleneA colorless, highly flammable or explosive gas, C2H2, used for metal welding and cutting and as an illuminant. Also called ethyne.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkyne

Answer 3

Alkenes are compounds containing a Carbon-Carbon double bond. This gives them the ability to undergo addition polymerisation to form polymers (plastics). The simplest example of this is the polymerisation of ethene (also known as ethylene) monomers (H2C=CH2) by breaking their double bonds and forming single bonds between them, resulting in polyethene, more commonly known as polythene, a long repeated chain of -CH2-. There are a huge variety of polymers formed from alkenes in this way. Alkenes are also an important starting material in organic synthesis as they are able to undergo a large variety of addition reactions across the double bond, forming products such as halogenoalkanes, alcohols or amines.

Answer 4

•Alkynes are used in many drugs that are on the market. These drugs include the antiretroviral efavirenz and the antifungal terbinafine. It also includes a group of compounds called the calicheamincin which are used in antitumor medication. This group of medication is one of the most aggressive tumor medication available because it targets the DNA of the molecules inside of the tumor.

Answer 5

Alkynes are highly reactive and unstable. The only real commercial use involves acetylene which is burnt in oxygen to give a very hot fllame for cutting and welding (oxyacetylene torch). The longer chain alkynes are used as intermediates in chemical reactions to produce more stable compounds.

Answer 6

Some uses of alkenes are for the fabrication of plastics like polyethene and polypropene, the manufacture of industrial alcohols, and to ripen different types of fruits. Alkenes are types of hydrocarbons that include propene and ethene.

Answer 7

Alkynes are hydrocarbons that have a triple bond between two carbon atoms, with the formula CnH2n-2. Alkynes are traditionally known as acetylenes,

Answer 8

uses of alkynes

Answer 9

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