Tetradecane

• Formula: C₁₄H₃₀
• Molecular weight: 198.3880
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H30/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-14H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BGHCVCJVXZWKCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-59-4
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• Other names: n-Tetradecane
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Normal melting point

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References

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Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980
Guieu, R.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Carbonnel, L., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1980, No. 1, 51. [all data]

Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980, 2
Guieu, R.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Carbonnel, L., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1980, No. 1, 53. [all data]

Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980, 3
Guieu, R.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Carbonnel, L., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1980, No. 1, 55. [all data]

Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980, 4
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Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980, 5
Guieu, R.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Carbonnel, L., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1980, No. 1, 59. [all data]

Anonymous, 1968
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Sondheimer, Amiel, et al., 1957
Sondheimer, F.; Amiel, Y.; Wolovsky, R., Unsaturated Macrocyclic Compounds IV. The Oxidation of Terminal Diacetylenes to Macrocyclic Tetraacetaylenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 6263. [all data]

Crawford and Harbourn, 1955
Crawford, W.; Harbourn, C.L.A., Anal. Chem., 1955, 27, 1449. [all data]

Landa, Romovacek, et al., 1955
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Petrov and Melekhin, 1955
Petrov, A.D.; Melekhin, V.M., Synthesis of Branched Aliphatic Hydrocarbons of Comsition C11 - C16 from β-Alkenyl Halides, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1955, 25, 1327-34. [all data]

Streiff, Hulme, et al., 1955
Streiff, A.J.; Hulme, A.R.; Cowie, P.A.; Krouskop, N.C.; Rossini, F.D., Purification, Purity, and Freezing Points of Sixty-four American Petroleum Institute Standard and Research Hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1955, 27, 411. [all data]

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Tilicheev, Peshkov, et al., 1951
Tilicheev, M.D.; Peshkov, V.P.; Yuganova, S.A., Cryoscopic Constants and Transition Temperatures of Normal Alkanes, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1951, 21, 1229-37. [all data]

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Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Derfer, J.M., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Wt., Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Twelfth Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., 1950. [all data]

Anonymous, 1949
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Parks, G.S.; Light, D.W., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIII. The heat capacities and entropies of n-tetradecane and the hydrobenzoic acids. The relative free energies of some benzoid position isomers., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1511. [all data]

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Krafft, 1882
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Krafft, 1882, 2
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Notes

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  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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