Sentences with small alkanes
- We found that small alkanes such as methane, ethane, and propane could react with CO to give the corresponding carboxylic acids.Natural gas is approximately 75 percent methane. The remaining 25 percent is composed of other small alkanes such as ethane, propane, and butane.Small alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons, usually methane, ethane, propane, and butane.