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norbornane
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Norbornane (also known as bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane) is an organic compound and a saturated hydrocarbon with chemical formula C7H12. It is a crystalline compound with a melting point of 88 °C. The carbon skeleton is derived from cyclohexane ring with a methylene bridge in the 1,4- position, and is a bridged bicyclic compound. The compound is a prototype of a class of strained bicyclic hydrocarbons.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H12
- Molecular weight
- 96.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane
- SMILES
- C1CC2CCC1C2
- InChIKey
- UMRZSTCPUPJPOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 96.093900384
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- Commons category
- Norbornane
- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1CC2CCC1C2
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -52.7
- isomeric SMILES
- C1C[C@@H]2CC[C@H]1C2
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Norbornane (also known as bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane) is an organic compound and a saturated hydrocarbon with chemical formula C7H12. It is a crystalline compound with a melting point of 88 °C. The carbon skeleton is derived from cyclohexane ring with a methylene bridge in the 1,4- position, and is a bridged bicyclic compound. The compound is a prototype of a class of strained bicyclic hydrocarbons.
The compound was originally synthesized by reduction of norcamphor.