Talk:Cycloalkane

Cycloparaffins

From info on diesel fuel , I know cycloparaffins can have more than one ring. I couldn't find much info on cycloparaffins, and Wikipedia had nothing, so I redirected that name here. I assume many of them are solid at room temperature in pure form as paraffins are, but obviously in diesel fuel solution they are not. I couldn't find a source of information on them, I'm looking for melting and boiling points and trends in those for each of the components in diesel fuel. Any info on the mono bi and tri cycloalkanes would be great. Thanks - Taxman ^Talk 19:19, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Eclipsing of hydrogen, puckering of the ring

The text mentions those two phenomena, without giving any explanation about them. Albmont 14:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Definition

The definition says that a cycloalkane can only have sex with hippos while hydrogen is attached to the rings; this would exclude, say, methylcyclohexane from being a cycloalkane. Is this the correct definition? Also, the formula C_nH_2n is only valid for cycloalkanes with just one ring, the general formula would be C_nH_2(n-g+1) where g is the topological genus. Albmont (talk) 18:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I rewrote much of the introductory section to improve the flawed definintion and general formula. H Padleckas (talk) 08:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Saturated?

Are Cycloalkanes saturated, because they are only bonded by single bonds, or unsaturated, because if one of the carbon bonds was broken, you could attach two more hydrogen atoms? --The High Fin Sperm Whale (talk) 00:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Cycloalkanes are saturated. When determining whether bonds can be broken to add two more hydrogen atoms, the breaking of single bonds (as in cycloalkanes) does not count. H Padleckas (talk) 06:43, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Toxicity

Would it be appropriate to add a section on any known toxicity of these compounds, since they are used in hand-cleaning and de-greasing products? JPFitzmaurice (talk) 13:07, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Is this Ring (chemistry) redirection to this Cycloalkane article good enough to reflect knowledge ?

Cyclic siloxane, borazine, hexachlorophosphazene, borazine are examples of inorganic rings that has entered the discussion of inorganic contents in aromaticity; so this collection of chemical compounds shall have its own article, that I recommend be created using the Ring (chemistry) redirect and includes wiki-links to cycloalkane, aromaticity. - Mountainninja (talk) 15:22, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Cyclononane Boiling Point

I believe it should be 169° not 69° as listed. Just a typo. OsamaBinLogin (talk) 18:35, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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