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octadecane
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Octadecane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)16CH3.
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It sits within the topics Alkanes, Chembox having GHS data and Chembox image size set.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C18H38
- Molecular weight
- 254.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- octadecane
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- InChIKey
- RZJRJXONCZWCBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 9.3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
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- boiling point
- 316.35
- melting point
- 28.2
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- Commons category
- Octadecane
- chemical formula
- C₁₈H₃₈
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Properties
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Octadecane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)16CH3.
==Properties== Octadecane is distinguished by being the alkane with the lowest carbon number that is unambiguously solid at room temperature and pressure.
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