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tridecane
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Tridecane or '''n-tridecane''' is an alkane with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)11CH3. Tridecane is a combustible colourless liquid. In industry, they have no specific value aside from being components of various fuels and solvents. In the research laboratory, tridecane is also used as a distillation chaser.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C13H28
- Molecular weight
- 184.36 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- tridecane
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCC
- InChIKey
- IIYFAKIEWZDVMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 6.6
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 184.2191
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- melting point
- -5.35
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCC
- boiling point
- 507
- chemical formula
- C₁₃H₂₈
- Commons category
- Tridecane
- density
- 0.7564
- refractive index
- 1.4256
- solubility
- 0.00000033
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Tridecane or '''n-tridecane' is an alkane with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)11CH3. Tridecane is a combustible colourless liquid. In industry, they have no specific value aside from being components of various fuels and solvents. In the research laboratory, tridecane is also used as a distillation chaser.
==Natural occurrence== Nymphs of the southern green shield bug produce tridecane as a dispersion/aggregation pheromone, which possibly serves as a defense against predators. It is also the main component of the defensive fluid produced by the stink bug Cosmopepla bimaculata''.