Structure Database (LMSD)

Common Name
Eicosane
Systematic Name
Eicosane
Synonyms
LM ID
LMFA11000571
Formula
C20H42
Exact Mass
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282.328651
Status
Curated
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Classification

Category
Main Class
Sub Class
Fatty Acyls [FA]
Hydrocarbons [FA11]

References

Comments
Pherobase Semiochemicals

Taxonomy Information

Curated from
NCBI taxonomy class
Reference
Eublepharis macularius (#481883)
Lepidosauria (#8504)
Sex recognition in the leopard gecko,Eublepharis macularius (Sauria: Gekkonidae) Possible mediation by skin-derived semiochemicals.,
J Chem Ecol, 1990
Pubmed ID: 24264893
Melissodes desponsus (#2496947)
Insecta (#50557)
Chemistry of the cephalic and Dufour's gland secretions of Melissodes bees.,
Ann Entomol, 1979
Homo sapiens (#9606)
Mammalia (#40674)
Discovery of Volatile Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease from Sebum.,
ACS Cent Sci, 2019
Pubmed ID: 31041379

String Representations

InChiKey (Click to copy)
CBFCDTFDPHXCNY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChi (Click to copy)
InChI=1S/C20H42/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-20H2,1-2H3
SMILES (Click to copy)
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Other Databases

HMDB ID
HMDB0059909
CHEBI ID
43619
PubChem CID
8222
PDB ID
LFA

Calculated Physicochemical Properties

Heavy Atoms 20
Rings 0
Aromatic Rings 0
Rotatable Bonds 17
Van der Waals Molecular Volume 354.56
Topological Polar Surface Area 0.00
Hydrogen Bond Donors 0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors 0
logP 8.05
Molar Refractivity 94.45

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