I-N-hexane yikhompawundi yezinto eziphilayo kunye nefomula ye-C6H14, eyeyetsheyini ethe tye egcwele i-hydrocarbons enamafutha, efunyenweyo.ukusuka ekuqhekekeni kunye nokwahlulwa kwe-oyile ekrwada, ulwelo olungenambala kunye nevumba elimfiliba elahlukileyo. Iyaguquguquka, phantse ayinyibilikiemanzini, enyibilikayo kwikloroform, ether, ethanol [1]. Isetyenziswa kakhulu njenge-solvent, njenge-solvent oil extraction, ipropylenei-polymerization solvent, irabha kunye ne-solvent yepeyinti, i-pigment thinner. [2] Isetyenziselwa ukutsala ioyile kwimbotyi yesoya, ibran yerayisi,cottonseed kunye nezinye ioli ezityiwayo kunye neziqholo. Ukongeza, i-isomerization ye-n-hexane yenye yeenkqubo ezibalulekileyo
ukuvelisa amacandelo e-harmonic ye-octane ephezulu yepetroli.