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American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 1(45), p. 81-87, 2004

DOI: 10.1021/ci0497657

Wiley-VCH Verlag, ChemInform, 15(36), 2005

DOI: 10.1002/chin.200515228

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What Is the Smallest Saturated Acyclic Alkane that Cannot Be Made?

Journal article published in 2004 by K. M. Nalin de Silva, Jonathan M. Goodman ORCID
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Abstract

Saturated acyclic alkanes may show a high degree of strain if they have many branches close to each other. We report calculations which indicate how strained a molecule may become before it falls apart rapidly at room temperature and so allow us to identify the simplest alkane which cannot be made.