What are alkanes? Share with your friends Share 0 Chetana Mhaske answered this Alkanes are aliphatic saturated hydrocarbons. 2 View Full Answer Siddharth Shitole answered this Alkanes are aliphatic open chain of saturated hydrocardon. 1 Raju answered this alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons having single bond betwn two carbon atoms 3 Resham Patil answered this The aliphatic saturated hydrocarbons which contain carbon carbon single bond are known as Alkanes. 3 Drashti answered this Alkanes r also called as paraffins 1 Amjad Ansari answered this Alkanes are saturated hydrocarbon connect to one Bond 1