Alkanes are saturated organic molecules that contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms connected through single bonds. in the iupac naming system, all alkanes end in the suffix ane and begin with a prefix determined by the number of carbon atoms in the molecule:

Assignment directions: pick one of the following chemists and perform a bit of research on him/her. answer the following questions. alice hamilton             rosalind franklin marie curie             gertrude b. elion ada yonath             henry cavendish robert boyle             antoine lavoisier mario j. molina             svante arrhenius