Nombre de hidrocarburo

Núm. De átomos de C

Núm. De átomos de H

Formula condensada

Formula semidesarrollada

Formula desarrollada

Metano 1 4 CH4 CH4

Etano 2 6 C2H6 CH3-CH3

Propano 3 8 C3H8 CH3-CH2-CH3

Butano 4 10 C4H10 CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3

Pentano 5 12 C5H12 CH3-(CH2)3-CH3

Hexano 6 14 C6H14 CH3(-CH2)4-CH3

Heptano 7 16 C7H16 CH3-(CH2)5-CH3

Octano 8 18 C8H18 CH3-(CH2)6-CH3

Nonano 9 20 C9H20 CH3-(CH2)7-CH3

Decano 10 22 C10H22 CH3-(CH2)8-CH3

Undecano 11 24 C11H24 CH3-(CH2)9-CH3

Dodecano 12 26 C12H26 CH3-(CH2)10-CH3

Tridecano 13 28 C13H28 CH3-(CH2)11-CH3

Tetradecano 14 30 C14H30 CH3-(CH2)12-CH3

Pentadecano 15 32 C15H30 CH3-(CH2)13-CH3

Hexadecano 16 34 C16H32 CH3-(CH2)14-CH3

Heptadecano 17 38 C17H38 CH3-(CH2)15-CH3

Octadecano 18 38 C18H38 CH3-(CH2)16-CH3

Nonadecano 19 40 C19H40 CH3-(CH2)17-CH3

Eicosano 20 42 C20H42 CH3-(CH2)18-CH3

David Hernández Rueda