Small alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons (=hydrocarbons containing as much hydrogen as possible, and containing only singlebonds), usually methane, ethane, propane, and butane.
We found that small alkanes such as methane, ethane, and propane could react with CO to give the correspondingcarboxylic acids.
Natural gas is approximately 75 percent methane. The remaining 25 percent is composedof other small alkanes such as ethane, propane, and butane.
Small alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons, usually methane, ethane, propane, and butane.