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- noun organic chemistry Any of very many
isomers of thesaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-sevencarbon atoms, but especially n-heptacosane (CH3(CH2)25CH3)
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Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, Wash., discovered the compound, 13 methyl heptacosane (13-MeC27), in collaboration with Jocelyn Millar, a professor of entomology at
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, Wash., discovered the compound, 13 methyl heptacosane (13-MeC27), in collaboration with Jocelyn Millar, a professor of entomology at
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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