Tetracosane
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Tetracosane, also called tetrakosane, is an alkane
hydrocarbon
with the structural formula
H(CH2)24H. As with other alkanes, its name is derived from Greek for the number of carbon atoms, 24, in the molecule. It has 14,490,245 constitutional isomers.
n-Tetracosane, is found in mineral called evenkite
in the Evenki Region on Lower Tunguska River in Siberia and the Bucnik quarry near Konma in eastern Moravia
, in former Czechoslovakia. Evenkite is found as colourless flakes and is reported to fluoresce yellow-orange.
Alkane
Alkanes are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and carbon atoms and are bonded exclusively by single bonds without any cycles...
hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups, called hydrocarbyls....
with the structural formula
Structural formula
The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphical representation of the molecular structure, showing how the atoms are arranged. The chemical bonding within the molecule is also shown, either explicitly or implicitly...
H(CH2)24H. As with other alkanes, its name is derived from Greek for the number of carbon atoms, 24, in the molecule. It has 14,490,245 constitutional isomers.
n-Tetracosane, is found in mineral called evenkite
Evenkite
Evenkite is a rare hydrocarbon mineral with formula 222 or C24H50. Chemically it is n-tetracosane.It was first described in 1953 for the occurrence in the Khavokiperskiye deposit, Lower Tunguska River, Evenkia district, Siberia, Russia, where it occurs in vugs within a quartz vein in welded tuff...
in the Evenki Region on Lower Tunguska River in Siberia and the Bucnik quarry near Konma in eastern Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
, in former Czechoslovakia. Evenkite is found as colourless flakes and is reported to fluoresce yellow-orange.