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Pentadecane
SpectraBase Compound ID 2zhpdGeXL8V
InChI InChI=1S/C15H32/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-15H2,1-2H3
InChIKey YCOZIPAWZNQLMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 212.4 g/mol
Molecular Formula C15H32
Exact Mass 212.250401 g/mol
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Solvent CDCl3; Reference=TMS; Temperature 297K
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Solvent CCl4
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Solvent CDCl3
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Technique NEAT
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Technique Neat
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Technique GC/MS
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Technique GC/MS
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Technique GC/MS
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Technique GC/MS
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-1516-2
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Source of Spectrum WS-1986-206-0
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Source of Spectrum HE-1982-0-0
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Source of Spectrum LQ-1992-306-0
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Source of Spectrum LQ-1992-1528-0
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Source of Spectrum UT-1990-701-0
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Source of Spectrum JZ-1992-3180-0
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Source of Spectrum SRH-2022-8222-0
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Source of Spectrum CCC-12-SM52-pentadecane
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Source of Spectrum US20100249470A1
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent TOLUENE-D8
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Solvent CDCl3
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Catalog Number P3406
Solvent CDCl3
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Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number P3406
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Catalog Number P3406
  • n-Pentadecane
  • N-PENTADECAN
  • Pentadecane <n->
  • CH3(CH2)13CH3
  • HSDB 5729
  • EINECS 211-098-1
  • NSC 172781
  • BRN 1698194
Title Journal or Book Year
Additional insights from very-high-resolution 13 C NMR spectra of long-chain n -alkanes Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 2013

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