Aliphatic vs Heptacosane - What's the difference?
aliphatic | heptacosane |
(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
A compound of this type.
(chiefly, in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
(organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-seven carbon atoms, but especially n-heptacosane (CH3(CH2)25CH3)