Alkane Dehydrogenation An unsolved challenge in catalysis is the efficient and selective functionalization of simple alkanes and plentiful hydrocarbon feedstocks. One promising approach since the late ...

The table shows four alkanes, their molecular formulae, displayed formulae and structural formulae as well as a drawing of their ball-and-stick constructional models.

The alkanes, alkenes and cycloalkanes are examples of homologous series. A homologous series is a group of chemicals which have similar chemical properties and can be represented by a general formula.

In parallel, foundational work on semifluorinated alkanes has provided critical insights into their behaviour both in bulk and at interfaces, highlighting their potential as primitive surfactants [3].