Octacosane, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₂₉H₆₀
• Molecular weight: 408.7867
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C29H60/c1-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29(2)3/h29H,4-28H2,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YGCGPCUUTAKOEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1560-98-1
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• Other names: 2-Methyloctacosane
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Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Zaikin, 2010
Zaikin, V.G., Personal communication: Retention indices measured during 2010, 2010. [all data]

Steiner, Steidle, et al., 2005
Steiner, S.; Steidle, J.L.M.; Ruther, J., Female sex pheromone in immature insect males - a case of pre-emergence chemical mimicry?, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2005, 58, 2, 111-120, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-005-0930-x . [all data]

Nelson, Adams, et al., 2003
Nelson, D.R.; Adams, T.S.; Fatland, C.L., Hydrocarbons in the surface wax of eggs and adults of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B: Comp. Biochem., 2003, 134, 3, 447-466, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00262-2 . [all data]

Steinmetz, Schmolz, et al., 2003
Steinmetz, I.; Schmolz, E.; Ruther, J., Cuticular lipids as trail pheromone in a social wasp, Proc. R. Soc. London B:, 2003, 270, 1513, 385-391, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2256 . [all data]

Andriamaharavo, 2014
Andriamaharavo, N.R., Retention Data. NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center., NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 2014. [all data]

Sutton and Carlson, 1993
Sutton, B.D.; Carlson, D.A., Interspecific variation in tephritid fruit fly larvae surface hydrocarbons, Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol., 1993, 23, 2, 53-65, https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.940230202 . [all data]

Krkosova, Kubinec, et al., 2007
Krkosova, Z.; Kubinec, R.; Addova, G.; Jurdakova, H.; Blasko, J.; Ostrovsky, I.; Sojak, L., Gas chromatographic - mass spectrometric characterization of monomethylalkanes from fuel diesel, Petroleum Coal, 2007, 49, 3, 51-62. [all data]

Nelson and Charlet, 2003
Nelson, D.R.; Charlet, L.D., Cuticular hydrocarbons of the sunflower beetle,Zygogramma exclamationis, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B: Comp. Biochem., 2003, 135, 2, 273-284, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00080-0 . [all data]

Szafranek, Malinski, et al., 1994
Szafranek, J.; Malinski, E.; Dubis, E.; Hebanowska, E.; Nawrot, J.; Oksman, P.; Pihlaja, K., Identification of branched alkanes in lipids of Leptinotarsa decemlineata say and Tribolium destructor by GC-MS: a comparison of main-beam and link-scanned spectra, J. Chem. Ecol., 1994, 20, 9, 2197-2212, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02033197 . [all data]

Haverty, Page, et al., 1991
Haverty, M.I.; Page, M.; Thorne, B.L.; Escoubas, P., Cuticular hydrocarbons: species and population-level discrimination in termites, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Report PSW-128, The Forest Service, U.S.Department of Agriculture, 1991, 52. [all data]

Lapointe, Hunter, et al., 2004
Lapointe, S.L.; Hunter, W.B.; Alessandro, R.T., Cuticular hydrocarbons on elytra of the Diaprepes root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Agric. For. Entomol., 2004, 6, 4, 251-257, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9555.2004.00230.x . [all data]

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