As nouns the difference between decane and decanol
is that decane is decane while decanol is (organic chemistry) a straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula c10h21(oh), used in manufacture of plasticizers]], lubricants, surfactants and [[solvent|solvents.
decane
Noun
(chemistry) any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22
Anagrams
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decanol
Noun
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en noun)
(organic chemistry) A straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula C10H21(OH), used in manufacture of plasticizers]], lubricants, surfactants and [[solvent, solvents.
Usage notes
The atoms of decanol can arrange in five different configurations, resulting in substances with slightly differerent properties. The variants are differentiated from each other by numbering them from 1-decanol to 5-decanol.
Synonyms
* capric alcohol
* decyl alcohol
* hydroxydecane