Natura - nature actualia - actual entities Mundus Plinius - physical world naturalia - natural bodies "crystal-kingdom" chemical substances chemical compounds Class hydrocarbons [CxHy] - compounds consisting of carbon and hydrogen only Class alkanes [CnH2n+2] - saturated acyclic hydrocarbons unbranched alkanes 01 methane - CH4 02 ethane - C2H6 03 propane - C3H8 04 butane - C4H10 05 pentane - C5H12 06 hexane - C6H14 07 heptane - C7H16 08 octane - C8H18 09 nonane - C9H20 10 decane - C10H22 11 undecane - C11H24 12 dodecane - C12H26 13 tridecane - C13H28 14 tetradecane - C14H30 15 pentadecane - C15H32 20 icosane - C20H42 30 triacontane - C30H62