Tridecane
The tridecanes are a group of substances from the alkane group . It consists of 802 isomeric compounds with the empirical formula C 13 H 28 . The linear representative is n- tridecane .
The following overview lists all constitutionally isomeric tridecanes according to the number of carbon atoms in the main chain (basic structure) and according to their substituents.
Isomers
Dodecane basic structure
- 2-methyldodecane
- 3-methyldodecane
- 4-methyldodecane
- 5-methyldodecane
- 6-methyldodecane
Undecane basic structure
Dimethyl
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Ethyl
- 3-ethylundecane
- 4-ethylundecane
- 5-ethylundecane
- 6-ethylundecane
Decane framework
Trimethyl
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Ethyl + methyl
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Propyl
- 4-propyl decane
- 5-propyl decane
- 4- (1-methylethyl) decane
- 5- (1-methylethyl) decane
Nonane basic structure
Tetramethyl
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Ethyl + dimethyl
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Diethyl
- 3,3-diethylnonane
- 3,4-diethylnonane
- 3,5-diethylnonane
- 3,6-diethylnonane
- 3,7-diethylnonane
- 4,4-diethylnonane
- 4,5-diethylnonane
- 4,6-diethylnonane
- 5,5-diethylnonane
Methyl and propyl
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Butyl
- 5-butyl nonanes
- 5- (1-methylpropyl) nonane (5- sec -butylnonane)
- 5- (2-methylpropyl) nonane (5-isobutylnonane)
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) nonane (4- tert -butylnonane)
- 5- (1,1-dimethylethyl) nonane (5- tert -butylnonane)
Octane skeleton
Pentamethyl
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Ethyl + trimethyl
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Diethyl + methyl
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Dimethyl + propyl
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Ethyl and propyl
- 3-ethyl-4-propyloctane
- 4-ethyl-4-propyloctane
- 5-ethyl-4-propyloctane
- 3-ethyl-5-propyloctane
- 3-ethyl-4- (1-methylethyl) octane
- 4-ethyl-4- (1-methylethyl) octane
- 5-ethyl-4- (1-methylethyl) octane
- 3-ethyl-5- (1-methylethyl) octane
Butyl + methyl
- 2-methyl-4- (1-methylpropyl) octane
- 3-methyl-4- (1-methylpropyl) octane
- 2-methyl-4- (2-methylpropyl) octane
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -2-methyloctane
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -3-methyloctane
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -4-methyloctane
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -5-methyloctane
- 5- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -2-methyloctane
- 5- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -3-methyloctane
Heptane skeleton
Hexamethyl
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Ethyl + tetramethyl
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Diethyl + dimethyl
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Triethyl
- 3,3,4-triethylheptane
- 3,3,5-triethylheptane
- 3,4,4-triethylheptane
- 3,4,5-triethylheptane
Trimethyl + propyl
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Ethyl + methyl + propyl
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Dipropyl
- 4,4-dipropylheptane
- 4- (1-methylethyl) -4-propylheptane
- 4,4-bis (1-methylethyl) heptane
Dimethyl + butyl
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Ethyl + butyl
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -3-ethylheptane
- 4- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -4-ethylheptane
Hexane backbone
Heptamethyl
- 2,2,3,3,4,4,5-heptamethylhexane
- 2,2,3,3,4,5,5-heptamethylhexane
Ethyl + pentamethyl
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Diethyl + trimethyl
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Triethyl + methyl
- 3,3,4-triethyl-2-methylhexane
- 3,3,4-triethyl-4-methylhexane
- 3,4,4-triethyl-2-methylhexane
Tetramethyl + propyl
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Ethyl + dimethyl + propyl
- 3-ethyl-2,2-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
- 3-ethyl-2,4-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
- 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
- 4-ethyl-2,2-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
- 4-ethyl-2,3-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
- 4-ethyl-2,4-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
- 4-ethyl-2,5-dimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) hexane
Methyl + (bis) propyl
- 2-methyl-3,3-bis (1-methylethyl) hexane
Butyl + trimethyl
- 3- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -2,2,3-trimethylhexane
- 3- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -2,2,4-trimethylhexane
- 3- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -2,2,5-trimethylhexane
Pentane backbone
Diethyl + tetramethyl
- 3,3-diethyl-2,2,4,4-tetramethylpentane
Pentamethyl + propyl
- 2,2,3,4,4-pentamethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) pentane
Ethyl + trimethyl + propyl
- 3-ethyl-2,2,4-trimethyl-3- (1-methylethyl) pentane
Dimethyl + (bis) propyl
- 2,4-dimethyl-3,3-bis (1-methylethyl) pentane
Butyl + tetramethyl
- 3- (1,1-dimethylethyl) -2,2,4,4-tetramethylpentane
use
The isomers of tridecane are used in the separation of alkylphenols by means of azeotropic rectification , in which the isomers are used as entrainers .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Human Metabolome Database: Metabocard for Tridecane (HMDB0034284). Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ slywalaate: Constitutional isomer of Alkanes. In: Scribd. Retrieved on August 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Patent US4349419 : Process for separation of alkyl phenols by azeotropic distillation. Published September 14, 1982 , Inventors: Kazunori Takahata, Katsuo Taniguchi, Tadaaki Fujimoto.