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decacontane
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Hectane is an organic compound from the class of straight-chain alkanes, or saturated hydrocarbons. It has 100 carbon atoms in a single chain, without branching. Under normal conditions, it is in a solid state. The chemical formula is . The number of possible structural isomers of hectane is 592,107 × 1034.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C100H202
- Molecular weight
- 1404.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hectane
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- InChIKey
- AFVYWKMVEGBLGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 53.8
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- higher alkanes
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 1403.580656464
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- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- chemical formula
- C₁₀₀H₂₀₂
- melting point
- 115.2
- boiling point
- 994.15
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
- Uses
- References
Hectane is an organic compound from the class of straight-chain alkanes, or saturated hydrocarbons. It has 100 carbon atoms in a single chain, without branching. Under normal conditions, it is in a solid state. The chemical formula is . The number of possible structural isomers of hectane is 592,107 × 1034.
==Synthesis== The compound can be prepared by reacting 1-iodopentadecane with sodium metal and can be recrystallized from xylene.
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