The most logical place to start our study of organic chemistry is with the alkanes, the simplest family of organic compounds.
Alkanes are hydrocarbons.
Also, the non- cyclic, single bonded alkanes are said to be saturated. The alkanes are named according to the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. The prefix denotes the number of carbon atoms and an -ane ending denotes that the compound is an alk ane . Click on the name of the alkane to see a space fill structure of the molecule. Email me with an answer.