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dodecane
Sign in to saveAlso known as n-dodecane, CH3-[CH2]10-CH3, Bihexyl, Dihexyl, Duodecane, Adakane 12
Dodecane (also known as dihexyl, bihexyl, adakane 12, or duodecane) is an oily liquid n-alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C12H26 (which has 355 isomers).
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Dodecane is a chemical compound with the formula C₁₂H₂₆ and a mass of 170.203. Its canonical SMILES notation is CCCCCCCCCCCC. The substance has a density of 0.75 and a refractive index of 1.4216. It exhibits a boiling point of 216.32 and a flash point of 74. Melting points are recorded as -9.6 and -10, while its dynamic viscosity is 1.34.
According to PubChem data, dodecane has a weight of 170.33 and an xlogp value of 6.1. It possesses a topological polar surface area of 0, with no hydrogen bond donors or acceptors, and carries a charge of 0. The compound is referenced by 69 other encyclopedia articles and has 2365 associated PubMed entries.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H26
- Molecular weight
- 170.33 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dodecane
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCC
- InChIKey
- SNRUBQQJIBEYMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 6.1
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
2,365 papers- Early Oxidation Kinetics of N-Dodecane under High-Temperature Conditions.The journal of physical chemistry. A · 2024
- RIFM fragrance ingredient safety assessment, dodecane, CAS Registry Number 112-40-3.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2020
- Detachment of Dodecane from Silica Surfaces with Variable Surface Chemistry Studied Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Factors Influencing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Initial Adhesion and Evolution at the Dodecane-Water Interface.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2023
- Thermal desorption mechanism of n-dodecane on unsaturated clay: Experimental study and molecular dynamics simulation.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Combustion reaction
- Jet fuel surrogate
- See also
- References
- External links
Dodecane (also known as dihexyl, bihexyl, adakane 12, or duodecane) is an oily liquid n-alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C12H26 (which has 355 isomers).
It is used as a solvent, distillation chaser, and scintillator component. It is used as a diluent for tributyl phosphate (TBP) in nuclear reprocessing plants.
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