Tetradecane is an
alkane
In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in whi ...
hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and Hydrophobe, hydrophobic; their odor is usually fain ...
with the
chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as pare ...
CH
3(CH
2)
12CH
3.
Tetradecane has 1858
structural isomers
In chemistry, a structural isomer (or constitutional isomer in the IUPAC nomenclature) of a chemical compound, compound is a compound that contains the same number and type of atoms, but with a different connectivity (i.e. arrangement of chemica ...
.
See also
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Higher alkanes 320px
Higher alkanes are alkanes with a high number of carbon atoms. It is common jargon. One definition says higher alkanes are alkanes having nine or more carbon atoms. Thus, according to this definition, nonane is the lightest higher alkane ...
*
List of isomers of tetradecane
References
External links
Material Safety Data Sheet for Tetradecane
* http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/chemical.pl?TETRADECANE
Alkanes
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