Hexadecane, 2,6,11,15-tetramethyl-

• Formula: C₂₀H₄₂
• Molecular weight: 282.5475
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C20H42/c1-17(2)11-9-15-19(5)13-7-8-14-20(6)16-10-12-18(3)4/h17-20H,7-16H2,1-6H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KKFZXXATNGJPJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 504-44-9
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• Other names: Crocetane; 2,6,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecane
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IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Shlyakhov, 1984
Shlyakhov, A.F., Gas chromatography in organic geochemistry, Nedra, Moscow, 1984, 221. [all data]

Elvert, Suess, et al., 2000
Elvert, M.; Suess, E.; Greinert, J.; Whiticar, M.J., Archaea mediating anaerobic methane oxidation in deep-sea sediments at cold seeps of the eastern Aleutian subduction zone, Org. Geochem., 2000, 31, 11, 1175-1187, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(00)00111-X . [all data]

Petrov, 1984
Petrov, A.A., Hydrocarbons of petroleum, Nauka (publishing house), Moscow, 1984, 263. [all data]

Notes

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