tetradecanen.
Chemistry.
The saturated hydrocarbon or paraffin of the 14-carbon series, C14H30, = tetradecyl hydride; a waxy solid.
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1877 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 12) II. 50 The boiling points and specific gravities of the higher paraffins of unknown structure..are as follows:..Tetradecane C14H30. Boiling point 236–240°.
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tetraˈdecatyl n. the monatomic alcohol radical, C14H29, of this series; also attributive = tetradecylic adj., as in tetradecyl alcohol.
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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 728 Tetradecyl, or Tetradecatyl..also called Myristyl. The fourteenth term of the series of alcohol-radicles, CnH2n+1.
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tetradecene n. = tetradecylene n.
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tetradeceˈnoic adj. = tetradecoic acid.
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tetradecenoic acid n. C14H26O2, a liquid boiling in vacuo at 275° to 280° C.; tetradecenoic aldehyde, C14H26O, an oil not solid at −20° C.
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tetraˈdecenyl n. the radical C14H27, as in tetradecenyl alcohol, C14H27.OH, tetradecenyl aldehyde, etc.
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tetraˈdecinene n. C14H26 = CMe⋮C.C14H23
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tetradeˈcoic adj. in tetradecoic acid, C14H28O2 = C5H11.CH(C7H15).CO2H, a liquid (not solid at −10° C.), got by the action of moist argentic oxide, Ag2O, on the aldehyde; tetradecoic aldehyde, C14H28O, obtained in tables very soluble in alcohol, a product of the action of sodium on an ethereal solution of œnanthol.
tetraˈdecyl n. = tetradecylene n.
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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 728 Tetradecyl, or Tetradecatyl..also called Myristyl. The fourteenth term of the series of alcohol-radicles, CnH2n+1. Tetradecylic hydride, C14H30, is one of the constituents of American petroleum... Tetradecylic or Myristic Alcohol, or Methal, C14H30O, is one of the constituents of spermaceti.
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tetraˈdecylene n. the olefine of this series, C14H28 = CH2:CH.C12H25, a liquid substance; also attributive as in tetradecylene glycol.
tetradeˈcylic adj. of or pertaining to this radical.
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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 728 Tetradecylic hydride, C14H30, is one of the constituents of American petroleum... Tetradecylic or Myristic Alcohol, or Methal, C14H30O, is one of the constituents of spermaceti.
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