tridecane

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, CH₃(CH₂)₁₁CH₃, of the methane series, prepared by the action of hydriodic acid and phosphorus on tridecylic acid. It melts at — 6.2° C. and boils at 234° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun organic chemistry Any of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having thirteen carbon atoms, but especially n-tridecane, CH3(CH2)11CH3