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Also known as alpha-decene, decylene, n-decylene, 1-decene
Decene is an organic compound with the chemical formula . Decene contains a chain of ten carbon atoms with one double bond, making it an alkene. There are many isomers of decene depending on the position and geometry of the double bond. Dec-1-ene is the only isomer of industrial importance. As an alpha olefin, it is used as a comonomer in copolymers and is an intermediate in the production of epoxides, amines, oxo alcohols, synthetic lubricants, synthetic fatty acids and alkylated aromatics.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H20
- Molecular weight
- 140.27 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dec-1-ene
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCC=C
- InChIKey
- AFFLGGQVNFXPEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.7
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 140.157
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- melting point
- -66.3
- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₂₀
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCC=C
- speed of sound
- 1250
- found in taxon
- Petasites hybridus
- Commons category
- 1-Decene
- ionization energy
- 9.42
- boiling point
- 170.5
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