Molecule record

3-EICOSANONE

C20H40O

296.50 g/mol

2D structure for 3-EICOSANONE

Molecular properties

Formula
C20H40O
Molar mass
296.50 g·mol−1
Exact mass
296.3079 Da
1
0
1
17.10 Ų
8.9 (PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptor)
CAS
2955-56-8
PubChem CID
18067

Interactions

Polarity
Polar functional group with nonpolar contribution from the carbon skeleton.
Acid-base behavior
Review ionizable groups and pKa data where available; ChemForge does not infer definitive acid-base state from identity alone.
Intermolecular forces
Assess dispersion, dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, and ionic character from the functional groups shown.

Functional groups

Ketone

Physical properties

PropertyValueConditionsSource
Logp8.9PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptorPubChem(link only)

Common names and synonyms

  • 2955-56-8
  • 3-Icosanone
  • 3-Icosanone #
  • AKOS024334046
  • BWVLRRQCABCGBO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • DB-241033
  • DTXCID50106223
  • DTXSID10183732
Show all 20 synonyms
  • EICOSAN-3-ONE
  • Ethyl Heptadecyl Ketone; NSC 406005
  • MFCD00026673
  • NSC 406005
  • NSC-406005
  • NSC406005
  • RefChem:93739
  • SCHEMBL17078442
  • SCHEMBL17078443
  • SCHEMBL3122593
  • eicosanone-3
  • icosan-3-one

Structure identifiers

Canonical SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)CC
Isomeric SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)CC
InChI
InChI=1S/C20H40O/c1-3-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20(21)4-2/h3-19H2,1-2H3
InChIKey
BWVLRRQCABCGBO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID
18067

Spectroscopy

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Simulated FTIR trace

Predicted FTIR / %T

4 cm-1 resolution / deterministic instrument profile

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Peak assignments

1715 cm−1C=O ketone (simulated)
2960 cm−1sp3 C-H (simulated)

Simulated NMR

On-demand educational prediction for 3-EICOSANONE; not experimental data.

Simulated EI mass spectrum

On-demand educational fragmentation for 3-EICOSANONE; not experimental data.

Sources

Molecule identity

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simulated IR

ChemForge original educational simulation.

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