Tetracosane

  • Evenkit
  • N- Tetracosan

Colorless, crystalline solid

Fixed

0.80 g · cm -3

49-52 ° C

391 ° C

Insoluble in water

1.4283 (70 ° C)

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Tetracosan (n- Tetracosan ) is a long-chain, unbranched and saturated alkane. It is one of the few organic compounds which occur as minerals in nature. This mineral is called Evenkit and was discovered in the area of ​​the river Lower Tunguska in Siberia in 1953.

Description

Pure Tetracosan is colorless, but may accept by foreign admixtures yellowish green to yellowish- white color. It has the molecular formula C24H50 accordingly ( ( CH3) 2 (CH2 ) 22) and thus belongs to the hydrocarbons, more specifically to the chain- alkanes. The crystal system is monoclinic.

CAS registry number PubChem Evenkite CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
766431
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