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Nonane is a linear
alkaneAlkanes are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and are bonded exclusively by single bonds without any cycles...
hydrocarbonIn 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
chemical formulaA chemical formula or molecular formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound....
C
9H
20.
Nonane has 35 structural isomers.
TripropyleneTripropylene, also known as propylene trimer, 1-propene trimer, and tripropene is a mixture of three specific hydrocarbons, all saturated alkanes....
is a mixture of three specific isomers of nonane.
Its
substituentIn organic chemistry and biochemistry, a substituent is an atom or group of atoms substituted in place of a hydrogen atom on the parent chain of a hydrocarbon...
form is nonyl. Its
cycloalkaneCycloalkanes are types of alkanes that have one or more rings of carbon atoms in the chemical structure of their molecules. Alkanes are types of organic hydrocarbon compounds that have only single chemical bonds in their chemical structure...
counterpart is
cyclononaneCyclononane is an alicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a ring of nine carbon atoms. Its molecular formula is C9H18. Its empirical formula is CH2....
, (C
9H
18).
Unlike most alkanes, the numeric prefix in its name is from
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, not
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. (Its former name,
enneane, used a Greek prefix.)
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