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What (who) is cycloalkane - definition

SATURATED ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON
Cycloalkanes; Naphthene; Cycloparaffin; Napthene; Cycloalkane Nomenclature; Cycloalkane nomenclature; Cycloalkane reactions; Cycloalkane Reactions; Cyclic hydrocarbons; Cyclic alkane; Naphthenes; Naphthenic; Cycloaliphatic; Closed chain hydrocarbon

cycloalkane         
¦ noun Chemistry a hydrocarbon with a molecule containing a ring of carbon atoms joined by single bonds.
naphthene         
['naf?i:n]
¦ noun Chemistry any of a group of cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons (e.g. cyclohexane) obtained from petroleum.
Derivatives
naphthenic adjective
Naphthene         
·noun A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

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Cycloalkane

In organic chemistry, the cycloalkanes (also called naphthenes, but distinct from naphthalene) are the monocyclic saturated hydrocarbons. In other words, a cycloalkane consists only of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a structure containing a single ring (possibly with side chains), and all of the carbon-carbon bonds are single. The larger cycloalkanes, with more than 20 carbon atoms are typically called cycloparaffins. All cycloalkanes are isomers of alkenes.

The cycloalkanes without side chains are classified as small (cyclopropane and cyclobutane), common (cyclopentane, cyclohexane, and cycloheptane), medium (cyclooctane through cyclotridecane), and large (all the rest).

Besides this standard definition by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), in some authors' usage the term cycloalkane includes also those saturated hydrocarbons that are polycyclic. In any case, the general form of the chemical formula for cycloalkanes is CnH2(n+1−r), where n is the number of carbon atoms and r is the number of rings. The simpler form for cycloalkanes with only one ring is CnH2n.