n-Heptane - 142-82-5

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n-Heptane is a colorless volatile liquid with gasoline-like odor. It occurs in natural gas and crude oil (0.1 - 1.9%). A content of 2.5% has been reported in petroleum, and this results in the major proportion of heptane found in the atmosphere. n-Heptane has been detected at 9,700 ppm in gasoline, and 1.07 ppm in coal used by power plants. n-Heptane is also found as a volatile component of raw or cooked meat, seafood, and certain plants. n-Heptane is produced via fractional distillation of petroleum followed by purification via rectification or hydrogenation of 1-heptene. n-Heptane is used as an industrial solvent (for adhesives, lacquers and inks in gravure printing), as an extraction solvent and in manufacture of plastic foams, and synthesis of toluene and alkylbenzenes (HSDB 2014).

Chemical Synonyms Heptane; Dipropyl methane; Dipropylmethane; EC 205-563-8; Heptyl hydride; Heptanes; UN 1206 (ChemIDplus 2019).

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