Talk:Alkane
Butane (Prof. Swartz)
A reaction of butyl bromide with lithium and then ethanol to form butane.
Ethane (Madison Wardlaw)
The hydrogenation of ethene using a nickel catalyst to form ethane. 
Quiz Problem from 4/2 (Gretchen Schreiner)
1-(cyclohex-3-en-1-yl)ethan-1-one is first deprotonated by LDA and then reacts with propyl bromide via Sn2 to produce a new C-C bond with bromide ion as a leaving group. 