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hexane
Sign in to saveAlso known as CH3-[CH2]4-CH3, hexyl hydride, normal-hexane, n-hexane
Hexane () or '''n-hexane''' is an organic compound, a straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms and the molecular formula C6H14.
Hexane is a simple organic chemical made up of six carbon atoms linked together in a straight chain, with the chemical formula C6H14. It's a basic building block chemical that appears in various industrial and consumer applications, though the context provided doesn't specify what those uses are.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H14
- Molecular weight
- 86.18 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hexane
- SMILES
- CCCCCC
- InChIKey
- VLKZOEOYAKHREP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.9
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 86.11
- Autonomy
- 240
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- found in taxon
- Carica papaya
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCC
- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₄
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0322
- density
- 0.66
- speed of sound
- 1083
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 3883
- melting point
- -95.3
- boiling point
- 68.73
- vapor pressure
- 124
- flash point
- -7
- solubility
- 0.002
- lower flammable limit
- 1.1
- upper flammable limit
- 7.5
- ionization energy
- 10.13
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 1800
- Commons category
- Hexane
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Isomers
- Uses
- Production
- Physical properties
- Reactivity
- Safety
- Incidents
- Biotransformation
- See also
- References
- External links
Hexane () or '''n-hexane is an organic compound, a straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms and the molecular formula C6H14.
Hexane is a colorless liquid, odorless when pure, and with a boiling point of approximately . It is widely used as a cheap, relatively safe, largely unreactive, and easily evaporated non-polar solvent, and modern gasoline blends contain about 3% hexane.
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