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Generally speaking, alkanes are not used as acids in any common sense of the word (like when we refer to hydrochloric acid or benzoic acid), but you can apply the concepts of acids and bases to alkanes. Here is a brief discussion:

http://books.google.com/books?id=gKPtYs0jyMcC&pg=P...

The above link was the top hit in this search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=alkane+acid+ka&ie=...

I didn't look at it, but the third hit down (the pdf titled "Detailed explanations to assess relative strengths of acids") looks interesting.

I might add that you can also also look at an alkene as an acid. The double bond is an area of high electron density, making it acidic from the point of viev of the Lewis theory of acids and bases.

Alkanes are the simplest organic molecules, consisting of only carbon and hydrogen and with only single bonds between carbon atoms. Alkanes are used as the basis for naming the majority of organic compounds (their nomenclature). Alkanes have the general formula CnH2n+2.

Acid is soluble in water. Alkane is not.

What definition of acid are you using?

i think noo

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