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icosane
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Eicosane (alternative spellings icosane and eichosane) is an alkane with the chemical formula C20H42. It has 366,319 constitutional isomers.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C20H42
- Molecular weight
- 282.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- icosane
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- InChIKey
- CBFCDTFDPHXCNY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 10.4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Eicosane (alternative spellings icosane and eichosane) is an alkane with the chemical formula C20H42. It has 366,319 constitutional isomers.
n-Eicosane (the straight-chain structural isomer of eicosane) is the shortest compound found in paraffin waxes, used to form candles. It can be isolated from agave attenuate leaves. It is also found in Vanilla madagascariensis and Gymnodinium nagasakiense.
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