Number of Straight-Chain Alk*nes of given length
MATL, 10 bytes
7K5vBiY^1)

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Explanation
This uses the characterization found in OEIS

a(n) is the top left entry of the n-th power of the 3 X 3 matrix [1, 1, 1; 1, 0, 0; 1, 0, 1]

7    % Push 7
K    % Push 4
5    % Push 5
v    % Concatenate all numbers into a column vector: [7; 4; 5]
B    % Convert to binary: gives 3×3 matrix [1, 1, 1; 1, 0, 0; 1, 0, 1]
i    % Input n
Y^   % Matrix power
1)   % Take the first element of the resulting matrix, i.e. its upper-left corner.
     % Implicitly display