-ane
chemistry
a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series:
propane.
-ane
suffix
indicating an alkane hydrocarbon hexane
word origin
coined to replace -ene, -ine, and -one
-ane
in chemical use, proposed 1866 by august wilhelm von hofmann to go with -ene, -ine, -one.
-ane suff.
a saturated hydrocarbon: hexane.
-ane
a suffix used to form the names of saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane. the suffix is shortened to -an- before other suffixes to indicate compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, as in ethanol.
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