Jump to content

Butane

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Tarquin (talk | contribs) at 09:13, 20 June 2002. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Butane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the empirical formula C4H10. It is used as a fuel for cigarette lighters and portable stoves.

Butane exists as two isomers:

n-Butane consists of a fully hydrogenated linear chain of four carbon atoms thus: CH3CH2CH2CH3

i-butane with formula CH3CH(CH3)2, and the systematic name 2-methylpropane.


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Butane&oldid=100357"