Alkane (sung to the tune of “Cocaine”)

Alkane (sung to the tune of “Cocaine”)

Ken Runkle Ken Runkle

Ken Runkle

Environmental Toxicologist/Risk Assessor

发布日期: 2017年6月6日
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Dedicated to Mr. James Sillars and Dr. Frances Leland, my mentors in chemistry, (with apologies to Eric Clapton)...

If you’ve got ten carbons, and then all single bonds: decane.

If you take one away, then you would say: nonane.

      Saturated hydrocarbons: alkanes.

If gas you would rate, then the carbons are eight: octane.

Seven carbs in a row, hydrogens all in tow: heptane.

      Saturated hydrocarbons: alkanes.

Put six carbs in a line, single bonds all the time: hexane.

H 12 and C 5, used in some pesticides: pentane.

      Saturated hydrocarbons: alkanes.

[guitar solo]

Hold that lighter up bright, combusting at night: butane.

Cleaner fuel for a bus, energy you can trust: propane.

      Saturated hydrocarbons: alkanes.

Ethanol without O, is a gas don’t you know: ethane.

Just one carbon alone, with four hydrogens on: methane.

      Saturated hydrocarbons: alkanes.

      Saturated hydrocarbons: alkanes.

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