heneicosane

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Etymology[edit]

IUPAC nomenclature, from Ancient Greek ἕν (“neutral of εἷς one”) + eicosa- (“twenty”) + -ane (“alkane suffix”).

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heneicosane (plural heneicosanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-one carbon atoms, but especially n-heneicosane CH3(CH2)19CH3

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