Cycloalkane

Diagram of cyclobutane

Cycloalkanes are hydrocarbons with the carbon atoms connected in a circle with each atom, in simple forms, connected to two hydrogen atoms. All cycloalkane are isomers of alkenes.

List of cycloalkanes

Here is a list of the first 10 cycloalkanes:

1. Cyclopropane (C₃H₆)
2. Cyclobutane (C₄H₈)
3. Cyclopentane (C₅H₁₀)
4. Cyclohexane (C₆H₁₂)
5. Cycloheptane (C₇H₁₄)
6. Cyclooctane (C₈H₁₆)
7. Cyclononane (C₉H₁₈)
8. Cyclodecane (C₁₀H₂₀)
9. Cycloundecane (C₁₁H₂₂)
10. Cyclododecane (C₁₂H₂₄)

Cycloalkane Media

• Cyclobutane-buckled-3D-balls.png

  Ball-and-stick model of cyclobutane

• Norbornane-2D-skeletal.png

  Norbornane (also called bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane)

• Catalytic reforming

• DieckmannCondensation.png

  The Dieckmann condensation

• MusconeViaRCM (cropped).svg

  Formation of muscone from (R)-(+)-citronellal via ring-closing metathesis using a bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)benzylideneruthenium dichloride catalyst. Redrawn from file:MusconeViaRCM.png. Original reference:

• The Dieckmann condensation

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  Compressed structural formula of cyclopropane

• Cyclobutane-compressed.svg

  Compressed structural formula of cyclobutane

• Cyclopentane.svg

  Compressed structural formula of cyclopentane

• Cyclohexane-2D-skeletal.svg

  Cyclohexane 2D, generated in Bkchem and touched up in Inkscape, created by Quasar to replace the png version.