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-ane

suff.

A saturated hydrocarbon: hexane.

[Variant of -ene-ine²and -one.]

-ane

A suffix used to form the names of saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane. The suffix is shortened to -an- before other suffixes to indicate compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, as in ethanol.

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