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hentriacontane
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Hentriacontane, also called untriacontane, is a solid, long-chain alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula CH3(CH2)29CH3. It is the main component of paraffin wax.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C31H64
- Molecular weight
- 436.8 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hentriacontane
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- InChIKey
- IUJAMGNYPWYUPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 16.4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- alkane
- Mass
- 436.501
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- chemical formula
- C₃₁H₆₄
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- subject has role
- bactericide
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hentriacontane, also called untriacontane, is a solid, long-chain alkane hydrocarbon with the structural formula CH3(CH2)29CH3. It is the main component of paraffin wax.
It is found in a variety of plants, including peas (Pisum sativum), Acacia senegal, Gymnema sylvestre and others, and also comprises about 8–9% of beeswax. It has 10,660,307,791 constitutional isomers.
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