Hentriacontane
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Hentriacontane, also called untriacontane, is a solid, long-chain alkane
hydrocarbon
with the structural formula
CH3(CH2)29CH3. It is found in a variety of plants, including pea
s (pisum sativum), gum arabic
(acacia senegal) and others, and also comprises about 8-9% of beeswax
. It has 10,660,307,791 constitutional isomers.
Alkane
Alkanes are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and are bonded exclusively by single bonds without any cycles...
hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups, called hydrocarbyls....
with the structural formula
Structural formula
The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphical representation of the molecular structure, showing how the atoms are arranged. The chemical bonding within the molecule is also shown, either explicitly or implicitly...
CH3(CH2)29CH3. It is found in a variety of plants, including pea
Pea
A pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a fruit, since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a flower. However, peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking...
s (pisum sativum), gum arabic
Gum arabic
220px|thumb|right|Acacia gumGum arabic, also known as acacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal...
(acacia senegal) and others, and also comprises about 8-9% of beeswax
Beeswax
Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long chain alcohols...
. It has 10,660,307,791 constitutional isomers.
External links
- Hentriacontane at Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases