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2-methyl-4-propylnonane
Sign in to save3-Ethylpentane (C7H16) is a branched saturated hydrocarbon. It is an alkane, and one of the many structural isomers of heptane, consisting of a five carbon chain with a two carbon branch at the middle carbon.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H16
- Molecular weight
- 100.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-ethylpentane
- SMILES
- CCC(CC)CC
- InChIKey
- AORMDLNPRGXHHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.7
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- heptane
- Mass
- 100.125201
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₆
- canonical SMILES
- CCC(CC)CC
- boiling point
- 93.5
- Commons category
- 3-Ethylpentane
- melting point
- -118.6
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3-Ethylpentane (C7H16) is a branched saturated hydrocarbon. It is an alkane, and one of the many structural isomers of heptane, consisting of a five carbon chain with a two carbon branch at the middle carbon.
An example of an alcohol derived from 3-ethylpentane is the tertiary alcohol 3-ethylpentan-3-ol.
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