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An aliphatic hydrocarbon is an organic compound composed of carbon and hydrogen which does not contain aromatic rings. It may be linear or cyclic and may contain unsaturated double or triple bonds; thus, alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes are all aliphatic compounds. Some illustrative examples are methane, ethylene, acetylene, and cyclopentane.

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  1. Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Henderson James Cleaves II

  2. Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Washington, DC, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves II

  3. Center for Chemical Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves II

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  1. Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Pessac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

    William M. Irvine

  3. Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  4. Analytical-, Environm., Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, Brussels, Belgium

    Philippe Claeys

  5. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, WASHINGTON, DC, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  6. Radio Astronomy, Paris Observatory, Paris, France

    Maryvonne Gerin

  7. Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France

    Daniel Rouan

  8. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  9. Centre Francois Viète, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France

    Stéphane Tirard

  10. Innovaxiom, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Cleaves, H.J. (2022). Aliphatic Hydrocarbon. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_51-6

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    Aliphatic Hydrocarbon
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_51-6

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