Alkane Tetris

What are Alkanes?

Alkanes are a class of hydrocarbons - organic compounds composed only of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H) atoms. The general formula of an alkane is CnH2n+2. In reality, alkanes have a backbone of carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached to fill the carbon's four bonds.

In this game, we simplify alkanes to just their carbon backbone. Each 'C' represents a carbon atom in the alkane chain.

The first 10 alkanes are:

  1. Methane (CH₄)
  2. Ethane (C₂H₆)
  3. Propane (C₃H₈)
  4. Butane (C₄H₁₀)
  5. Pentane (C₅H₁₂)
  6. Hexane (C₆H₁₄)
  7. Heptane (C₇H₁₆)
  8. Octane (C₈H₁₈)
  9. Nonane (C₉H₂₀)
  10. Decane (C₁₀H₂₂)
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