Alkane Structures — First Four Members
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📐 Alkane Structures — First Four Members
Figure 1: The first four alkanes. Each carbon forms 4 bonds (single bonds only) — either to other carbons or to hydrogens. This "saturated" structure makes alkanes relatively unreactive.
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