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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86" title="إيثان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إيثان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etanu" title="Etanu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Etanu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اتان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اتان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8" title="ইথেন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইথেন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethane" title="Ethane – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ethane" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Этан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Этан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Етан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Етан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et%C3%A0" title="Età – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Età" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan" title="Ethan – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ethan" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan" title="Ethan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ethan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan" title="Ethan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ethan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan" title="Ethan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ethan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etaan" title="Etaan – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Etaan" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF" title="Αιθάνιο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αιθάνιο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etano" title="Etano – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Etano" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etano" title="Etano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Etano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etano" title="Etano – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Etano" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اتان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اتان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89thane" title="Éthane – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Éthane" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat%C3%A1n" title="Eatán – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Eatán" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etano" title="Etano – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Etano" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%88%E0%AA%A5%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A8" title="ઈથેન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ઈથેન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%B8" title="에테인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에테인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Էթան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էթան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="इथेन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="इथेन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etana" title="Etana – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Etana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etano" title="Etano – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Etano" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%9F" title="אתאן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אתאן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%88%E0%B2%A5%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಈಥೇನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಈಥೇನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ეთანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ეთანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Этан – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Этан" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Atan" title="Êtan – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Êtan" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanum" title="Ethanum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ethanum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et%C4%81ns" title="Etāns – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Etāns" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan" title="Ethan – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Ethan" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etanas" title="Etanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Etanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et%C3%A1n" title="Etán – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Etán" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Етан – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Етан" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B5%BB" title="എഥെയ്ൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="എഥെയ്ൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etana" title="Etana – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Etana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="အီသိန်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အီသိန်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethaan" title="Ethaan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ethaan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3" title="エタン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エタン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%A5%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A8" title="ਈਥੇਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਈਥੇਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="အီသိန်း – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="အီသိန်း" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etan" title="Etan – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds 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Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Etan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Этан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Этан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan" title="Ethan – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Ethan" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etani" title="Etani – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Etani" 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For the emergency service protocol, see <a href="/wiki/ETHANE" title="ETHANE">ETHANE</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Ethene" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethene">Ethene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethyne">Ethyne</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">Methane</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1268415487">.mw-parser-output .ib-chembox{border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-chembox td,.mw-parser-output .ib-chembox th{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:40%}.mw-parser-output .ib-chembox td+td{width:60%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-chembox figure:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent){background:var(--background-color-inverted,#f8f9fa)}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-chembox figure:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent){background:var(--background-color-inverted,#f8f9fa)}}</style> <table class="infobox ib-chembox"> <caption>Ethane </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:2px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Skeletal formula of ethane with all hydrogens and carbons shown"><img alt="Skeletal formula of ethane with all hydrogens and carbons shown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png/220px-Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png/330px-Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png/440px-Ethane-staggered-CRC-MW-dimensions-2D.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>Skeletal formula of ethane with all hydrogens and carbons shown</figcaption></figure><div style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Molecular_geometry" title="Molecular geometry">Molecular geometry</a> of ethane based on <a href="/wiki/Rotational_spectroscopy" title="Rotational spectroscopy">rotational spectroscopy</a>.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:2px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethan_Skelett.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Skeletal formula of ethane with all implicit carbons shown, and all explicit hydrogens added"><img alt="Skeletal formula of ethane with all implicit carbons shown, and all explicit hydrogens added" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ethan_Skelett.svg/220px-Ethan_Skelett.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ethan_Skelett.svg/330px-Ethan_Skelett.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ethan_Skelett.svg/440px-Ethan_Skelett.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="122" data-file-height="32" /></a><figcaption>Skeletal formula of ethane with all implicit carbons shown, and all explicit hydrogens added</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="borderless" style="text-align:center"> <table border="0" style="width:100%;display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid #aaa; width:50%;"><figure class="mw-halign-center bg-transparent" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethane-A-3D-balls.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ball and stick model of ethane"><img alt="Ball and stick model of ethane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ethane-A-3D-balls.png/110px-Ethane-A-3D-balls.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ethane-A-3D-balls.png/165px-Ethane-A-3D-balls.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ethane-A-3D-balls.png/220px-Ethane-A-3D-balls.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="849" /></a><figcaption>Ball and stick model of ethane</figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="width:50%;"><figure class="mw-halign-center bg-transparent" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethane-3D-vdW.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Spacefill model of ethane"><img alt="Spacefill model of ethane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Ethane-3D-vdW.png/110px-Ethane-3D-vdW.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Ethane-3D-vdW.png/165px-Ethane-3D-vdW.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Ethane-3D-vdW.png/220px-Ethane-3D-vdW.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="861" /></a><figcaption>Spacefill model of ethane</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Names </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Preferred_IUPAC_name" title="Preferred IUPAC name">Preferred IUPAC name</a> <div style="max-width:22em; word-wrap:break-word; padding-left:1.7em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; max-width:22em;">Ethane<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chemical_nomenclature#Systematic_name" title="Chemical nomenclature">Systematic IUPAC name</a> <div style="max-width:22em; word-wrap:break-word; padding-left:1.7em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; max-width:22em;">Dicarbane (never recommended<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIUPAC20144_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIUPAC20144-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Other names <div style="max-width:22em; word-wrap:break-word; padding-left:1.7em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Dimethyl (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style><span class="chemf nowrap">CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410" /><span class="chemf nowrap">Me<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span> or <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410" /><span class="chemf nowrap">(CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span>)</li><li>Ethyl hydride</li></ul></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Identifiers </th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number">CAS Number</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="commonchemistry.cas.org"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=74-84-0">74-84-0</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">3D model (<a href="/wiki/JSmol" class="mw-redirect" title="JSmol">JSmol</a>)</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="chemapps.stolaf.edu (3D interactive model)"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jmol.php?model=CC">Interactive image</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Beilstein_database" title="Beilstein database">Beilstein Reference</a></div> </td> <td>1730716 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ChEBI" title="ChEBI">ChEBI</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="www.ebi.ac.uk"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=42266">CHEBI:42266</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ChEMBL" title="ChEMBL">ChEMBL</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="www.ebi.ac.uk"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/ChEMBL135626">ChEMBL135626</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ChemSpider" title="ChemSpider">ChemSpider</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="www.chemspider.com"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.6084.html">6084</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ECHA_InfoCard" class="mw-redirect" title="ECHA InfoCard"><span title="echa.europa.eu">ECHA InfoCard</span></a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://echa.europa.eu/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.000.741">100.000.741</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52858#P2566" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Community_number" title="European Community number"><span title="European Community number (chemical identifier)">EC Number</span></a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>200-814-8</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Gmelin_database" title="Gmelin database">Gmelin Reference</a></div> </td> <td>212 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">MeSH</a> </td> <td><span title="www.nlm.nih.gov"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2014/MB_cgi?mode=&term=Ethane">Ethane</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/PubChem" title="PubChem">PubChem</a> <abbr title="Compound ID">CID</abbr></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6324">6324</a></span></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RTECS" class="mw-redirect" title="RTECS">RTECS number</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>KH3800000</li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unique_Ingredient_Identifier" title="Unique Ingredient Identifier">UNII</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="precision.fda.gov"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/srs/unii/L99N5N533T">L99N5N533T</a></span><sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UN_number" title="UN number">UN number</a> </td> <td>1035 </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; 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font-weight: bold; text-align:left; font-weight:normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/International_Chemical_Identifier" title="International Chemical Identifier">InChI</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; word-break:break-all;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div style="border-top:1px solid #ccc; padding:0.2em 0 0.2em 1.5em; text-align:left;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word; text-indent:-1.5em; font-size:97%; line-height:120%;">InChI=1S/C2H6/c1-2/h1-2H3<sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word; text-indent:-1.5em; font-size:97%; line-height:120%;">Key: OTMSDBZUPAUEDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N<sup> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></div></div></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align:left; font-weight:normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/Simplified_molecular-input_line-entry_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified molecular-input line-entry system">SMILES</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; word-break:break-all;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div style="border-top:1px solid #ccc; padding:0.2em 0 0.2em 1.6em; word-wrap:break-word; text-indent:-1.5em; text-align:left; font-size:97%; line-height:120%;">CC</div></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Properties </th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula">Chemical formula</a></div> </td> <td><span title="Carbon">C</span><sub>2</sub><span title="Hydrogen">H</span><sub>6</sub> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Molar_mass" title="Molar mass">Molar mass</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001300700000000000♠"></span>30.070</span> g·mol<sup>−1</sup>   </td></tr> <tr> <td>Appearance </td> <td>Colorless gas </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Odor" title="Odor">Odor</a> </td> <td>Odorless </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">Density</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1.3562<span class="nowrap"> </span>kg/m<sup>3</sup> (gas at 0 °C)<sup id="cite_ref-pubchem_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pubchem-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div><br /> <p>544.0 kg/m<sup>3</sup> (liquid at -88,5 °C)<br /> 206 kg/m<sup>3</sup> (at critical point 305.322 K) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melting_point" title="Melting point">Melting point</a> </td> <td>−182.8 °C; −296.9 °F; 90.4 K </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boiling_point" title="Boiling point">Boiling point</a> </td> <td>−88.5 °C; −127.4 °F; 184.6 K </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critical_point_(thermodynamics)" title="Critical point (thermodynamics)">Critical point</a> (<i>T</i>, <i>P</i>) </td> <td>305.32 K (32.17 °C; 89.91 °F) 48.714 bars (4,871.4 kPa) </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Aqueous_solution" title="Aqueous solution">Solubility in water</a></div> </td> <td>56.8 mg/L<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vapor_pressure" title="Vapor pressure">Vapor pressure</a> </td> <td>3.8453 MPa (at 21.1 °C) </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Henry%27s_law" title="Henry's law">Henry's law<br />constant</a> (<i>k</i><sub>H</sub>)</div> </td> <td>19 nmol Pa<sup>−1</sup> kg<sup>−1</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Acid_dissociation_constant" title="Acid dissociation constant">Acidity</a> (p<i>K</i><sub>a</sub>) </td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Acid_dissociation_constant" title="Acid dissociation constant">Basicity</a> (p<i>K</i><sub>b</sub>) </td> <td>−36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conjugate_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Conjugate acid">Conjugate acid</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethanium" title="Ethanium">Ethanium</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Magnetic_susceptibility" title="Magnetic susceptibility">Magnetic susceptibility</a> (χ)</div> </td> <td>−37.37·10<sup>−6</sup> cm<sup>3</sup>/mol </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Thermochemistry </th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Heat_capacity" title="Heat capacity">Heat capacity</a> <span style="font-size:112%;">(<i>C</i>)</span></div> </td> <td>52.14± 0.39 J K<sup>−1</sup> mol<sup>−1</sup> at 298 Kelvin<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_enthalpy_change_of_formation" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard enthalpy change of formation">Std enthalpy of<br />formation</a> <span style="font-size:112%;">(Δ<sub>f</sub><i>H</i><sup>⦵</sup><sub>298</sub>)</span></div> </td> <td>−84 kJ mol<sup>−1</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_enthalpy_change_of_combustion" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard enthalpy change of combustion">Std enthalpy of<br />combustion</a> <span style="font-size:112%;">(Δ<sub>c</sub><i>H</i><sup>⦵</sup><sub>298</sub>)</span></div> </td> <td>−1561.0–−1560.4 kJ mol<sup>−1</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Hazards </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; background-color:#eaeaea;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Globally_Harmonized_System_of_Classification_and_Labelling_of_Chemicals" title="Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals"><b>GHS</b> labelling</a>: </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:1em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/GHS_hazard_pictograms" title="GHS hazard pictograms">Pictograms</a></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="GHS02: Flammable"><img alt="GHS02: Flammable" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg/50px-GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg/75px-GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg/100px-GHS-pictogram-flamme.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:1em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Globally_Harmonized_System_of_Classification_and_Labelling_of_Chemicals#Signal_word" title="Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals">Signal word</a></div> </td> <td><b>Danger</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:1em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/GHS_hazard_statements" title="GHS hazard statements">Hazard statements</a></div> </td> <td><abbr class="abbr" title="H220: Extremely flammable gas">H220</abbr>, <abbr class="abbr" title="H280: Contains gas under pressure: may explode if heated">H280</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:1em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/GHS_precautionary_statements" title="GHS precautionary statements">Precautionary statements</a></div> </td> <td><abbr class="abbr" title="P210: Keep away from heat, hot surfaces, sparks, open flames and other ignition sources. No smoking.">P210</abbr>, <abbr class="abbr" title="P410+P403: Protect from sunlight. Store in a well ventilated place.">P410+P403</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NFPA_704" title="NFPA 704"><b>NFPA 704</b></a> (fire diamond) </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1170367383">.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-ref{float:right;padding:1px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-container{width:82px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-container-ref{float:left;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-images{float:left;font-size:20px;text-align:center;position:relative;height:80px;width:80px;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-map{position:absolute;height:80px;width:80px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond .noresize{margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-code{line-height:1em;text-align:center;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-code>a{color:black}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-blue{width:13px;top:31px;left:15px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-red{width:12px;top:12px;left:35px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-yellow{width:13px;top:31px;left:54px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-image{position:relative;top:51px;left:0}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-text{vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;line-height:80%;position:absolute;top:52px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-text a>span{position:absolute;color:black}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-wors{font-size:15px;width:23px;left:29px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-wox{font-size:15px;font-stretch:condensed;width:21px;line-height:80%;top:-4px;left:29px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-abcp{font-size:13.5px;font-stretch:condensed;width:28px;left:26px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-ac{font-size:10px;width:30px;left:25px}.mw-parser-output .nfpa-704-diamond-white-strike{text-decoration:line-through}</style><div class="nfpa-704-diamond notheme"><div class="nfpa-704-diamond-container"><div class="nfpa-704-diamond-images nounderlines"> <div class="nfpa-704-diamond-map"><figure class="noresize" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="NFPA 704 four-colored diamond" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/NFPA_704.svg/80px-NFPA_704.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/NFPA_704.svg/120px-NFPA_704.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/NFPA_704.svg/160px-NFPA_704.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" usemap="#ImageMap_e99fa14b42cc24f3" /></span><map name="ImageMap_e99fa14b42cc24f3"><area href="/wiki/NFPA_704#Blue" shape="poly" coords="23,23,47,47,23,70,0,47" alt="Health 1: Exposure would cause irritation but only minor residual injury. E.g. turpentine" title="Health 1: Exposure would cause irritation but only minor residual injury. E.g. turpentine" /><area href="/wiki/NFPA_704#Red" shape="poly" coords="47,0,70,23,47,47,23,23" alt="Flammability 4: Will rapidly or completely vaporize at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, or is readily dispersed in air and will burn readily. Flash point below 23 °C (73 °F). E.g. propane" title="Flammability 4: Will rapidly or completely vaporize at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, or is readily dispersed in air and will burn readily. Flash point below 23 °C (73 °F). E.g. propane" /><area href="/wiki/NFPA_704#Yellow" shape="poly" coords="70,23,94,47,70,70,47,47" alt="Instability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogen" title="Instability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. 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E.g. propane" class="notheme mw-no-invert">4</span></a></div><div class="nfpa-704-diamond-code nfpa-704-diamond-yellow"> <a href="/wiki/NFPA_704#Yellow" title="NFPA 704"><span title="Instability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogen" class="notheme mw-no-invert">0</span></a></div><div class="nfpa-704-diamond-white-text mw-no-invert"><a href="/wiki/NFPA_704#White" title="NFPA 704"><span class="nfpa-704-diamond-white-wors" title="Special hazard SA: Simple asphyxiant gas. E.g. nitrogen, helium">SA</span></a></div></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flash_point" title="Flash point">Flash point</a> </td> <td>−135 °C (−211 °F; 138 K) </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Autoignition_temperature" title="Autoignition temperature">Autoignition<br />temperature</a></div> </td> <td>472 °C (882 °F; 745 K) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Explosive_limit" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive limit">Explosive limits</a> </td> <td>2.9–13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Safety_data_sheet" title="Safety data sheet">Safety data sheet</a> (SDS) </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0266.htm">inchem.org</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Related compounds </th></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Related alkanes</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">Methane</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Propane" title="Propane">Propane</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Butane" title="Butane">Butane</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Related compounds</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disilane" title="Disilane">Disilane</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Digermane" title="Digermane">Digermane</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background: #f8eaba;color:inherit; text-align: center;">Supplementary data page </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ethane_(data_page)" title="Ethane (data page)">Ethane (data page)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#f8eaba; color:inherit; border:1px solid #a2a9b1;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their <a href="/wiki/Standard_state" title="Standard state">standard state</a> (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).</div> <div style="margin-top: 0.3em;"><div style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/12px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/18px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/24px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <span class="reflink plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ComparePages&rev1=477168309&page2=Ethane">verify</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chemicals/Chembox_validation" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/Chembox validation">what is</a> <sup><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/7px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/11px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/14px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span></sup> ?) </div></div> <div style="margin-top: 0.3em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Chemical_infobox#References" title="Wikipedia:Chemical infobox">Infobox references</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Chemical compound</div> <p><b>Ethane</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">ETH</span>-ayn</i></a>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">EE</span>-thayn</i></a>) is a naturally occurring <a href="/wiki/Organic_compound" title="Organic compound">organic</a> <a href="/wiki/Chemical_compound" title="Chemical compound">chemical compound</a> with <a href="/wiki/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula">chemical formula</a> <span class="chemf nowrap">C<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span>H<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">6</sub></span></span></span>. At <a href="/wiki/Standard_temperature_and_pressure" title="Standard temperature and pressure">standard temperature and pressure</a>, ethane is a colorless, odorless <a href="/wiki/Gas" title="Gas">gas</a>. Like many <a href="/wiki/Hydrocarbon" title="Hydrocarbon">hydrocarbons</a>, ethane is <a href="/wiki/List_of_purification_methods_in_chemistry" title="List of purification methods in chemistry">isolated</a> on an industrial scale from <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> and as a <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical" title="Petrochemical">petrochemical</a> by-product of <a href="/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery">petroleum refining</a>. Its chief use is as <a href="/wiki/Feedstock" class="mw-redirect" title="Feedstock">feedstock</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ethylene" title="Ethylene">ethylene</a> production. The <a href="/wiki/Ethyl_group" title="Ethyl group">ethyl group</a> is formally, although rarely practically, derived from ethane. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ethane was first synthesised in 1834 by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Faraday" title="Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a>, applying <a href="/wiki/Electrolysis" title="Electrolysis">electrolysis</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Potassium_acetate" title="Potassium acetate">potassium acetate</a> solution. He mistook the hydrocarbon product of this reaction for <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">methane</a> and did not investigate it further.<sup id="cite_ref-Faraday_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faraday-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The process is now called <a href="/wiki/Kolbe_electrolysis" title="Kolbe electrolysis">Kolbe electrolysis</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Acetate" title="Acetate">CH<sub>3</sub>COO<sup>−</sup></a> → CH<sub>3</sub>• + <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">CO<sub>2</sub></a> + <a href="/wiki/Electron" title="Electron">e<sup>−</sup></a></dd> <dd>CH<sub>3</sub>• + •CH<sub>3</sub> → C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></dd></dl> <p>During the period 1847–1849, in an effort to vindicate the <a href="/wiki/Radical_theory" title="Radical theory">radical theory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Organic_chemistry" title="Organic chemistry">organic chemistry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Kolbe" title="Hermann Kolbe">Hermann Kolbe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Frankland" title="Edward Frankland">Edward Frankland</a> produced ethane by the reductions of <a href="/wiki/Propionitrile" title="Propionitrile">propionitrile</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ethyl_cyanide" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethyl cyanide">ethyl cyanide</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Kolbe_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kolbe-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ethyl_iodide" title="Ethyl iodide">ethyl iodide</a><sup id="cite_ref-Frankland_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frankland-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Potassium" title="Potassium">potassium</a> metal, and, as did Faraday, by the electrolysis of <a href="/wiki/Aqueous_solution" title="Aqueous solution">aqueous</a> acetates. They mistook the product of these reactions for the <a href="/wiki/Methyl_radical" title="Methyl radical">methyl radical</a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410" /><span class="chemf nowrap">CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub></span>), of which ethane (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410" /><span class="chemf nowrap">C<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Dimer_(chemistry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dimer (chemistry)">dimer</a>. </p><p>This error was corrected in 1864 by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Schorlemmer" title="Carl Schorlemmer">Carl Schorlemmer</a>, who showed that the product of all these reactions was in fact ethane.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethane was discovered dissolved in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvanian</a> light <a href="/wiki/Crude_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Crude oil">crude oil</a> by <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Ronalds" title="Edmund Ronalds">Edmund Ronalds</a> in 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At standard temperature and pressure, ethane is a colorless, odorless gas. It has a boiling point of −88.5 °C (−127.3 °F) and melting point of −182.8 °C (−297.0 °F). Solid ethane exists in several modifications.<sup id="cite_ref-Nes_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On cooling under normal pressure, the first modification to appear is a <a href="/wiki/Plastic_crystal" title="Plastic crystal">plastic crystal</a>, crystallizing in the cubic system. In this form, the positions of the hydrogen atoms are not fixed; the molecules may rotate freely around the long axis. Cooling this ethane below ca. 89.9 K (−183.2 °C; −297.8 °F) changes it to monoclinic metastable ethane II (<a href="/wiki/Space_group" title="Space group">space group</a> P 21/n).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethane is only very sparingly soluble in water. </p><p>The bond parameters of ethane have been measured to high precision by microwave spectroscopy and electron diffraction: <i>r</i><sub>C−C</sub> = 1.528(3) Å, <i>r</i><sub>C−H</sub> = 1.088(5) Å, and ∠CCH = 111.6(5)° by microwave and <i>r</i><sub>C−C</sub> = 1.524(3) Å, <i>r</i><sub>C−H</sub> = 1.089(5) Å, and ∠CCH = 111.9(5)° by electron diffraction (the numbers in parentheses represents the uncertainties in the final digits).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg/300px-Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg/450px-Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg/600px-Ethane_conformations_and_relative_energies.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Ethane (shown in <a href="/wiki/Newman_projection" title="Newman projection">Newman projection</a>) barrier to rotation about the carbon-carbon bond. The curve is potential energy as a function of rotational angle. <a href="/wiki/Activation_energy" title="Activation energy">Energy barrier</a> is 12 <a href="/wiki/KJ/mol" class="mw-redirect" title="KJ/mol">kJ/mol</a> or about 2.9 <a href="/wiki/Kcal/mol" class="mw-redirect" title="Kcal/mol">kcal/mol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Rotating a molecular substructure about a twistable bond usually requires energy. The minimum energy to produce a 360° bond rotation is called the <a href="/wiki/Rotational_barrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotational barrier">rotational barrier</a>. </p><p>Ethane gives a classic, simple example of such a rotational barrier, sometimes called the "ethane barrier". Among the earliest experimental evidence of this barrier (see diagram at left) was obtained by modelling the entropy of ethane.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three hydrogens at each end are free to pinwheel about the central carbon–carbon bond when provided with sufficient energy to overcome the barrier. The physical origin of the barrier is still not completely settled,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the overlap (exchange) repulsion<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between the hydrogen atoms on opposing ends of the molecule is perhaps the strongest candidate, with the stabilizing effect of <a href="/wiki/Hyperconjugation" title="Hyperconjugation">hyperconjugation</a> on the staggered conformation contributing to the phenomenon.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Theoretical methods that use an appropriate starting point (orthogonal orbitals) find that hyperconjugation is the most important factor in the origin of the ethane rotation barrier.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As far back as 1890–1891, chemists suggested that ethane molecules preferred the staggered conformation with the two ends of the molecule askew from each other.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atmospheric_and_extraterrestrial">Atmospheric and extraterrestrial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Atmospheric and extraterrestrial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg/250px-Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg/375px-Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg/500px-Titan_North_Pole_Lakes_PIA08630.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2540" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>A photograph of <a href="/wiki/Titan_(moon)" title="Titan (moon)">Titan</a>'s northern latitudes. The dark features are hydrocarbon lakes containing ethane</figcaption></figure> <p>Ethane occurs as a trace gas in the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth's atmosphere">Earth's atmosphere</a>, currently having a concentration at <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a> of 0.5 <a href="/wiki/Parts_per_billion" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts per billion">ppb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Global ethane quantities have varied over time, likely due to <a href="/wiki/Gas_flare" title="Gas flare">flaring</a> at <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural gas field">natural gas fields</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SimpsonSulbaek_Andersen2012_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpsonSulbaek_Andersen2012-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Global ethane emission rates declined from 1984 to 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-SimpsonSulbaek_Andersen2012_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpsonSulbaek_Andersen2012-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though increased <a href="/wiki/Shale_gas" title="Shale gas">shale gas</a> production at the <a href="/wiki/Bakken_Formation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakken Formation">Bakken Formation</a> in the U.S. has arrested the decline by half.<sup id="cite_ref-KortSmith2016_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KortSmith2016-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although ethane is a <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gas</a>, it is much less abundant than methane, has a lifetime of only a few months compared to over a decade,<sup id="cite_ref-Feasibility_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feasibility-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is also less efficient at absorbing radiation relative to mass. In fact, ethane's <a href="/wiki/Global_warming_potential" title="Global warming potential">global warming potential</a> largely results from its conversion in the atmosphere to methane.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been detected as a trace component in the atmospheres of all four <a href="/wiki/Giant_planet" title="Giant planet">giant planets</a>, and in the atmosphere of <a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a>'s moon <a href="/wiki/Titan_(moon)" title="Titan (moon)">Titan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Atmospheric ethane results from the Sun's <a href="/wiki/Photochemistry" title="Photochemistry">photochemical</a> action on methane gas, also present in these atmospheres: <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet" title="Ultraviolet">ultraviolet</a> photons of shorter <a href="/wiki/Wavelength" title="Wavelength">wavelengths</a> than 160 <a href="/wiki/Nanometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanometer">nm</a> can photo-dissociate the methane molecule into a <a href="/wiki/Methyl" class="mw-redirect" title="Methyl">methyl</a> radical and a <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a> atom. When two methyl radicals recombine, the result is ethane: </p> <dl><dd>CH<sub>4</sub>  →  CH<sub>3</sub>• + •H</dd> <dd>CH<sub>3</sub>• + •CH<sub>3</sub>  →  C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></dd></dl> <p>In Earth's atmosphere, <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl_radical" title="Hydroxyl radical">hydroxyl radicals</a> convert ethane to <a href="/wiki/Methanol" title="Methanol">methanol</a> vapor with a half-life of around three months.<sup id="cite_ref-Feasibility_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feasibility-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is suspected that ethane produced in this fashion on Titan rains back onto the moon's surface, and over time has accumulated into hydrocarbon seas covering much of the moon's polar regions. In mid-2005, the <i><a href="/wiki/Cassini-Huygens" class="mw-redirect" title="Cassini-Huygens">Cassini</a></i> orbiter discovered <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Lacus" title="Ontario Lacus">Ontario Lacus</a> in Titan's south polar regions. Further analysis of infrared spectroscopic data presented in July 2008<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provided additional evidence for the presence of liquid ethane in Ontario Lacus. Several significantly larger hydrocarbon lakes, <a href="/wiki/Ligeia_Mare" title="Ligeia Mare">Ligeia Mare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kraken_Mare" title="Kraken Mare">Kraken Mare</a> being the two largest, were discovered near Titan's north pole using radar data gathered by Cassini. These lakes are believed to be filled primarily by a mixture of liquid ethane and methane. </p><p>In 1996, ethane was detected in <a href="/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake" title="Comet Hyakutake">Comet Hyakutake</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Mumma_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mumma-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has since been detected in some other <a href="/wiki/Comets" class="mw-redirect" title="Comets">comets</a>. The existence of ethane in these distant solar system bodies may implicate ethane as a primordial component of the <a href="/wiki/Solar_nebula" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar nebula">solar nebula</a> from which the sun and planets are believed to have formed. </p><p>In 2006, Dale Cruikshank of NASA/Ames Research Center (a <i><a href="/wiki/New_Horizons" title="New Horizons">New Horizons</a></i> co-investigator) and his colleagues announced the spectroscopic discovery of ethane on <a href="/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a>'s surface.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chemistry">Chemistry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chemistry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reactions of ethane involve chiefly <a href="/wiki/Free_radical_reaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Free radical reaction">free radical reactions</a>. Ethane can react with the <a href="/wiki/Halogen" title="Halogen">halogens</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Chlorine" title="Chlorine">chlorine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bromine" title="Bromine">bromine</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Free-radical_halogenation" title="Free-radical halogenation">free-radical halogenation</a>. This reaction proceeds through the propagation of the <a href="/wiki/Ethyl_group" title="Ethyl group">ethyl</a> radical:<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>Cl<sub>2</sub>  →  2 Cl•</dd> <dd>C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>• + Cl•  →  C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>• + HCl</dd> <dd>C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>• + Cl<sub>2</sub>  →  C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>Cl + Cl•</dd> <dd>Cl• + C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>  →  C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>• + HCl</dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Combustion" title="Combustion">combustion</a> of ethane releases 1559.7 kJ/mol, or 51.9 kJ/g, of heat, and produces <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a> according to the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_equation" title="Chemical equation">chemical equation</a>: </p> <dl><dd>2 C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub> + 7 <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">O<sub>2</sub></a>  →  4 <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">CO<sub>2</sub></a> + 6 <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">H<sub>2</sub>O</a> + 3120 kJ</dd></dl> <p>Combustion may also occur without an excess of oxygen, yielding <a href="/wiki/Carbon_monoxide" title="Carbon monoxide">carbon monoxide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acetaldehyde" title="Acetaldehyde">acetaldehyde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">methane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methanol" title="Methanol">methanol</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ethanol" title="Ethanol">ethanol</a>. At higher temperatures, especially in the range 600–900 °C (1,112–1,652 °F), <a href="/wiki/Ethylene" title="Ethylene">ethylene</a> is a significant product: </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410" /><span class="chemf nowrap">2 C<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">6</sub> + O<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> → 2 C<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub> + 2 H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>O</span></dd></dl> <p>Such oxidative dehydrogenation reactions are relevant to the production of <a href="/wiki/Ethylene" title="Ethylene">ethylene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">methane</a>, ethane is the second-largest component of <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>. Natural gas from different gas fields varies in ethane content from less than 1% to more than 6% by volume. Prior to the 1960s, ethane and larger molecules were typically not separated from the methane component of natural gas, but simply burnt along with the methane as a fuel. Today, ethane is an important <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical" title="Petrochemical">petrochemical</a> <a href="/wiki/Feedstock" class="mw-redirect" title="Feedstock">feedstock</a> and is separated from the other components of natural gas in most well-developed gas fields. Ethane can also be separated from <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Petroleum gas">petroleum gas</a>, a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons produced as a byproduct of <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_refining" class="mw-redirect" title="Petroleum refining">petroleum refining</a>. </p><p>Ethane is most efficiently separated from methane by liquefying it at cryogenic temperatures. Various refrigeration strategies exist: the most economical process presently in wide use employs a <a href="/wiki/Turboexpander" title="Turboexpander">turboexpander</a>, and can recover more than 90% of the ethane in natural gas. In this process, chilled gas is expanded through a <a href="/wiki/Turbine" title="Turbine">turbine</a>, reducing the temperature to approximately −100 °C (−148 °F). At this low temperature, gaseous methane can be separated from the liquefied ethane and heavier hydrocarbons by <a href="/wiki/Distillation" title="Distillation">distillation</a>. Further distillation then separates ethane from the <a href="/wiki/Propane" title="Propane">propane</a> and heavier hydrocarbons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chief use of ethane is the production of <a href="/wiki/Ethylene" title="Ethylene">ethylene</a> (ethene) by <a href="/wiki/Steam_cracking" title="Steam cracking">steam cracking</a>. Steam cracking of ethane is fairly selective for ethylene, while the steam cracking of heavier hydrocarbons yields a product mixture poorer in ethylene and richer in heavier <a href="/wiki/Alkene" title="Alkene">alkenes (olefins)</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Propene" class="mw-redirect" title="Propene">propene (propylene)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Butadiene" title="Butadiene">butadiene</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Aromatic_hydrocarbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Aromatic hydrocarbon">aromatic hydrocarbons</a>. </p><p>Ethane has been investigated as a feedstock for other commodity chemicals. <a href="/wiki/Oxidative" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxidative">Oxidative</a> chlorination of ethane has long appeared to be a potentially more economical route to <a href="/wiki/Vinyl_chloride" title="Vinyl chloride">vinyl chloride</a> than ethylene chlorination. Many patent exist on this theme, but poor selectivity for <a href="/wiki/Vinyl_chloride" title="Vinyl chloride">vinyl chloride</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corrosion" title="Corrosion">corrosive</a> reaction conditions have discouraged the commercialization of most of them. Presently, <a href="/wiki/INEOS" class="mw-redirect" title="INEOS">INEOS</a> operates a 1000 t/a (<a href="/wiki/Tonnes" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonnes">tonnes</a> per <a href="/wiki/Annum" class="mw-redirect" title="Annum">annum</a>) ethane-to-vinyl chloride pilot plant at <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmshaven" title="Wilhelmshaven">Wilhelmshaven</a> in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/SABIC" title="SABIC">SABIC</a> operates a 34,000 t/a plant at <a href="/wiki/Yanbu" title="Yanbu">Yanbu</a> to produce <a href="/wiki/Acetic_acid" title="Acetic acid">acetic acid</a> by ethane oxidation.<sup id="cite_ref-SABIC-plant-launch_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SABIC-plant-launch-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economic viability of this process may rely on the low cost of ethane near Saudi oil fields, and it may not be competitive with <a href="/wiki/Methanol_carbonylation" class="mw-redirect" title="Methanol carbonylation">methanol carbonylation</a> elsewhere in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Mizuno2009_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mizuno2009-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ethane can be used as a refrigerant in cryogenic refrigeration systems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_laboratory">In the laboratory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In the laboratory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On a much smaller scale, in scientific research, liquid ethane is used to <a href="/wiki/Cryopreservation#Vitrification" title="Cryopreservation">vitrify</a> water-rich samples for <a href="/wiki/Cryo-electron_microscopy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryo-electron microscopy">cryo-electron microscopy</a>. A thin film of water quickly immersed in liquid ethane at −150 °C or colder freezes too quickly for water to crystallize. Slower freezing methods can generate cubic ice crystals, which can disrupt <a href="/wiki/Soft_materials" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft materials">soft structures</a> by damaging the samples and reduce image quality by scattering the electron beam before it can reach the detector. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_and_safety">Health and safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Health and safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At room temperature, ethane is an extremely flammable gas. When mixed with air at 3.0%–12.5% by volume, it forms an <a href="/wiki/Explosion" title="Explosion">explosive</a> mixture. </p><p>Ethane is not a <a href="/wiki/Carcinogen" title="Carcinogen">carcinogen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biogas" title="Biogas">Biogas</a>: carbon-neutral alternative to natural gas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biorefining" title="Biorefining">Biorefining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodegradable_plastic" title="Biodegradable plastic">Biodegradable plastic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drop-in_bioplastic" class="mw-redirect" title="Drop-in bioplastic">Drop-in bioplastic</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethane&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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title="Caesium hydride">CsH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydride#Ionic_hydrides" title="Hydride">Alkaline (Group 2) <br />earth hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Monohydrides12" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Monohydrides</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beryllium_monohydride" title="Beryllium monohydride">BeH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnesium_monohydride" title="Magnesium monohydride">MgH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcium_monohydride" title="Calcium monohydride">CaH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Strontium_monohydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strontium monohydride (page does not exist)">SrH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barium_monohydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barium monohydride (page does not exist)">BaH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Dihydrides10" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dihydrides</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beryllium_hydride" title="Beryllium hydride">BeH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnesium_hydride" title="Magnesium hydride">MgH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcium_hydride" title="Calcium hydride">CaH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strontium_hydride" title="Strontium hydride">SrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barium_hydride" title="Barium hydride">BaH<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> 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title="Diborane(4)">B<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetraborane" title="Tetraborane">B<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(9)" title="Pentaborane(9)">B<sub>5</sub>H<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentaborane(11)" title="Pentaborane(11)">B<sub>5</sub>H<sub>11</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexaborane(10)" title="Hexaborane(10)">B<sub>6</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexaborane(12)" title="Hexaborane(12)">B<sub>6</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decaborane" title="Decaborane">B<sub>10</sub>H<sub>14</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octadecaborane" title="Octadecaborane">B<sub>18</sub>H<sub>22</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Alanes6" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Alanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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title="Hydrocarbon">Hydrocarbons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alkane" title="Alkane">alkanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkene" title="Alkene">alkenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkyne" title="Alkyne">alkynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycloalkane" title="Cycloalkane">Cycloalkanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycloalkene" title="Cycloalkene">Cycloalkenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycloalkyne" title="Cycloalkyne">Cycloalkynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annulenes" class="mw-redirect" title="Annulenes">Annulenes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Methylidyne_radical" title="Methylidyne radical">CH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methylene_(compound)" title="Methylene (compound)">CH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Methyl_radical" title="Methyl radical">CH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethynyl_radical" title="Ethynyl radical">C<sub>2</sub>H</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silanes11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Silanes" title="Silanes">Silanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silane" title="Silane">SiH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disilane" title="Disilane">Si<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisilane" title="Trisilane">Si<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrasilane" title="Tetrasilane">Si<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentasilane" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentasilane">Si<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexasilane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hexasilane">Si<sub>6</sub>H<sub>14</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heptasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heptasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>7</sub>H<sub>16</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Octasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>8</sub>H<sub>18</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nonasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nonasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>9</sub>H<sub>20</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decasilane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decasilane (page does not exist)">Si<sub>10</sub>H<sub>22</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silanes" title="Silanes">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silenes11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Silenes" title="Silenes">Silenes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disilene" title="Disilene">Si<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Silynes11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Silynes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silynes (page does not exist)">Silynes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Disilyne" title="Disilyne">Si<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_monohydride" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicon monohydride">SiH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Germanes12" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germanes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Germanes (page does not exist)">Germanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germane" title="Germane">GeH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digermane" title="Digermane">Ge<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trigermane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trigermane (page does not exist)">Ge<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetragermane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetragermane (page does not exist)">Ge<sub>4</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentagermane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentagermane (page does not exist)">Ge<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Stannanes13" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stannanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Stannanes">Stannanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stannane" title="Stannane">SnH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distannane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Distannane (page does not exist)">Sn<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Plumbanes9" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plumbanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plumbane" title="Plumbane">PbH<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Flerovanes_(predicted)40" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Flerovium" title="Flerovium">Flerovanes</a> (<i>predicted</i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>FlH</i></li> <li><i>FlH<sub>2</sub></i></li> <li><i>FlH<sub>4</sub></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pnictogen_hydride" title="Pnictogen hydride">Pnictogen <br />(Group 15) hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Azanes16" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azane" title="Azane">Azanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammonia" title="Ammonia">NH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrazine" title="Hydrazine">N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triazane" title="Triazane">N<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetrazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetrazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>4</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>5</sub>H<sub>7</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hexazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hexazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heptazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heptazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>7</sub>H<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Octazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nonazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nonazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decazane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decazane (page does not exist)">N<sub>10</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azane" title="Azane">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Azenes23" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Azo_compound" title="Azo compound">Azenes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diazene" class="mw-redirect" title="Diazene">N<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triazene" title="Triazene">N<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetrazene" title="Tetrazene">N<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Phosphanes14" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphanes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phosphanes (page does not exist)">Phosphanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phosphine" title="Phosphine">PH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diphosphane" title="Diphosphane">P<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triphosphane" title="Triphosphane">P<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetraphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetraphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>4</sub>H<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pentaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pentaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>5</sub>H<sub>7</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hexaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hexaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heptaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heptaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>7</sub>H<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Octaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Octaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nonaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nonaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>9</sub>H<sub>11</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Decaphosphane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decaphosphane (page does not exist)">P<sub>10</sub>H<sub>12</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphanes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phosphanes (page does not exist)">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Phosphenes27" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Diphosphenes" title="Diphosphenes">Phosphenes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diphosphene" title="Diphosphene">P<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triphosphene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Triphosphene (page does not exist)">P<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetraphosphene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetraphosphene (page does not exist)">P<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Arsanes11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arsane" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsane">Arsanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arsine" title="Arsine">AsH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diarsine" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarsine">As<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Stibanes8" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stibanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stibine" title="Stibine">SbH<sub>3</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Bismuthanes11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bismuthanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bismuthine" title="Bismuthine">BiH<sub>3</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Moscovanes10" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Moscovanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Moscovium" title="Moscovium">McH<sub>3</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrazoic_acid" title="Hydrazoic acid">HN<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imidogen" title="Imidogen">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentazole" title="Pentazole">HN<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitrogen_pentahydride" title="Nitrogen pentahydride">NH<sub>5</sub></a> <i>(hypothetical)</i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_chalcogenide" title="Hydrogen chalcogenide">Hydrogen <br />chalcogenides <br />(Group 16 hydrides)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Polyoxidanes35" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_polyoxide" title="Hydrogen polyoxide">Polyoxidanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_water" title="Properties of water">H<sub>2</sub>O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide" title="Hydrogen peroxide">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trioxidane" title="Trioxidane">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetraoxidane" title="Tetraoxidane">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentaoxidane" title="Pentaoxidane">H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_polyoxide" title="Hydrogen polyoxide">more...</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Polysulfanes28" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polysulfane" title="Polysulfane">Polysulfanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide" title="Hydrogen sulfide">H<sub>2</sub>S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_disulfide" title="Hydrogen disulfide">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisulfane" title="Trisulfane">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_tetrasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen tetrasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_pentasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen pentasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_hexasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen hexasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_heptasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen heptasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>7</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_octasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen octasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>8</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_nonasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen nonasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrogen_decasulfide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrogen decasulfide (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polysulfane" title="Polysulfane">more...</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Selanes11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Selanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Selanes">Selanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_selenide" title="Hydrogen selenide">H<sub>2</sub>Se</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_diselenide" title="Hydrogen diselenide">H<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Tellanes8" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tellanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_telluride" title="Hydrogen telluride">H<sub>2</sub>Te</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_ditelluride" title="Hydrogen ditelluride">H<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Polanes7" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Polanes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polonium_hydride" title="Polonium hydride">PoH<sub>2</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Livermoranes12" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Livermoranes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Livermorium" title="Livermorium">LvH<sub>2</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl_radical" title="Hydroxyl radical">HO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroperoxyl" title="Hydroperoxyl">HO<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_ozonide" title="Hydrogen ozonide">HO<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxywater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oxywater (page does not exist)">H<sub>2</sub>O<sup>+</sup>–O<sup>–</sup></a> <i>(hypothetical)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulfanyl" title="Sulfanyl">HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiheavy_water" title="Semiheavy water">HDO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_water" title="Heavy water">D<sub>2</sub>O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tritiated_water" title="Tritiated water">T<sub>2</sub>O</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_halide" title="Hydrogen halide">Hydrogen halides <br />(Group 17 hydrides)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_fluoride" title="Hydrogen fluoride">HF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_chloride" title="Hydrogen chloride">HCl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_bromide" title="Hydrogen bromide">HBr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_iodide" title="Hydrogen iodide">HI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_astatide" title="Hydrogen astatide">HAt</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tennessine" title="Tennessine">HTs</a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transition_metal_hydrides" class="mw-redirect" title="Transition metal hydrides">Transition <br />metal hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scandium_hydride" title="Scandium hydride">ScH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yttrium_hydride" title="Yttrium hydride">YH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yttrium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yttrium trihydride (page does not exist)">YH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yttrium_hexahydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yttrium hexahydride (page does not exist)">YH<sub>6</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yttrium_nonahydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yttrium nonahydride (page does not exist)">YH<sub>9</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium dihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium trihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanium_hydride" title="Titanium hydride">TiH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanium(IV)_hydride" title="Titanium(IV) hydride">TiH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zirconium(II)_hydride" title="Zirconium(II) hydride">ZrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zirconium_hydride" title="Zirconium hydride">ZrH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafnium(II)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafnium(II) hydride (page does not exist)">HfH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafnium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafnium hydride (page does not exist)">HfH<sub>4</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanadium(I)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vanadium(I) hydride (page does not exist)">VH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanadium(II)_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vanadium(II) hydride (page does not exist)">VH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Niobium_monohydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Niobium monohydride (page does not exist)">NbH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Niobium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Niobium dihydride (page does not exist)">NbH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tantalum_monohydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tantalum monohydride (page does not exist)">TaH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tantalum_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tantalum dihydride (page does not exist)">TaH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium(I)_hydride" title="Chromium(I) hydride">CrH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium(II)_hydride" title="Chromium(II) hydride">CrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromium_hydride" title="Chromium hydride">CrH<sub>x</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron(I)_hydride" title="Iron(I) hydride">FeH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron(II)_hydride" title="Iron(II) hydride">FeH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_pentahydride" title="Iron pentahydride">FeH<sub>5</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobalt(II)_hydride" title="Cobalt(II) hydride">CoH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhodium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhodium hydride (page does not exist)">RhH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_trihydride" title="Iridium trihydride">IrH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickel_hydride" title="Nickel hydride">NiH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palladium_hydride" title="Palladium hydride">PdH<sub><i>x</i></sub> (<i>x</i> < 1)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Platinum_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Platinum hydride (page does not exist)">PtH<sub><i>x</i></sub> (<i>x</i>< 1) </a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darmstadtium" title="Darmstadtium">DsH<sub>2</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_hydride" title="Copper hydride">CuH</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roentgenium" title="Roentgenium">RgH</a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zinc_hydride" title="Zinc hydride">ZnH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadmium_hydride" title="Cadmium hydride">CdH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury(I)_hydride" title="Mercury(I) hydride">HgH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury(I)_hydride" title="Mercury(I) hydride">Hg<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercury(II)_hydride" title="Mercury(II) hydride">HgH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Copernicium" title="Copernicium">CnH<sub>2</sub></a></i> (<i>predicted</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lanthanide_hydrides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lanthanide hydrides (page does not exist)">Lanthanide hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lanthanum_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lanthanum dihydride (page does not exist)">LaH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lanthanum_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lanthanum trihydride (page does not exist)">LaH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanthanum_decahydride" title="Lanthanum decahydride">LaH<sub>10</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cerium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cerium dihydride (page does not exist)">CeH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cerium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cerium trihydride (page does not exist)">CeH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Praseodymium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Praseodymium dihydride (page does not exist)">PrH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Praseodymium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Praseodymium hydride (page does not exist)">PrH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neodymium(II)_hydride" title="Neodymium(II) hydride">NdH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neodymium(III)_hydride" title="Neodymium(III) hydride">NdH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samarium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samarium dihydride (page does not exist)">SmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samarium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samarium trihydride (page does not exist)">SmH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europium_hydride" title="Europium hydride">EuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gadolinium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gadolinium dihydride (page does not exist)">GdH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gadolinium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gadolinium trihydride (page does not exist)">GdH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terbium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terbium dihydride (page does not exist)">TbH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Terbium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terbium trihydride (page does not exist)">TbH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dysprosium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dysprosium dihydride (page does not exist)">DyH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dysprosium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dysprosium trihydride (page does not exist)">DyH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holmium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holmium dihydride (page does not exist)">HoH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holmium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holmium trihydride (page does not exist)">HoH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erbium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erbium dihydride (page does not exist)">ErH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erbium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erbium trihydride (page does not exist)">ErH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thulium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thulium dihydride (page does not exist)">TmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thulium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thulium trihydride (page does not exist)">TmH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ytterbium(II)_hydride" title="Ytterbium(II) hydride">YbH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium dihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutetium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutetium trihydride (page does not exist)">LuH<sub>3</sub></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Actinide_hydrides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Actinide hydrides (page does not exist)">Actinide hydrides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Neptunium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neptunium trihydride (page does not exist)">NpH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutonium_hydride" title="Plutonium hydride">PuH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutonium_hydride" title="Plutonium hydride">PuH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Americium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Americium dihydride (page does not exist)">AmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americium_trihydride" title="Americium trihydride">AmH<sub>3</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curium_hydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Curium hydride (page does not exist)">CmH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berkelium_dihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berkelium dihydride (page does not exist)">BkH<sub>2</sub></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berkelium_trihydride&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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