{{Chembox | Verifiedfields = changed | Watchedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 415869075 | ImageFile = Nonacosane.png | ImageFile_Ref = {{chemboximage|correct|?}} | ImageName = Skeletal formula of nonacosane | PIN = Nonacosane<ref>{{Cite web|title=nonacosane - Compound Summary|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12409|work=PubChem Compound|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information|access-date=2 January 2012|location=USA|date=16 September 2004|at=Identification and Related Records}}</ref> |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers | CASNo = 630-03-5 | CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}} | UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}} | UNII = IGL1697BK1 | PubChem = 12409 | ChemSpiderID = 11903 | ChemSpiderID_Ref = {{chemspidercite|correct|chemspider}} | EINECS = 211-126-2 | KEGG = C08384 | KEGG_Ref = {{keggcite|correct|kegg}} | MeSHName = nonacosane | ChEBI = 7613 | ChEBI_Ref = {{ebicite|changed|EBI}} | ChEMBL = 428955 | ChEMBL_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}} | Beilstein = 1724922 | SMILES = CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC | StdInChI = 1S/C29H60/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23-25-27-29-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-29H2,1-2H3 | StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} | StdInChIKey = IGGUPRCHHJZPBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N | StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}} }} |Section2={{Chembox Properties | C = 29 | H = 60 | Appearance = White, opaque, waxy crystals | Odor = Odorless | Density = 0.8083 g cm<sup>−3</sup> | MeltingPtK = 335 to 339 | BoilingPtK = 714.0 | LogP = 15.482 }} |Section3={{Chembox Related | OtherFunction_label = alkanes | OtherFunction = {{Unbulleted list|Tetracosane|Hentriacontane}} }} }} '''Nonacosane''' is a straight-chain hydrocarbon with a molecular formula of C<sub>29</sub>H<sub>60</sub>, and the structural formula CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>27</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>. It has 1,590,507,121 constitutional isomers.
Nonacosane occurs naturally and has been reported to be a component of a pheromone of ''Orgyia leucostigma'',<ref>[https://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pheronet/cpds/29hy.html Pheromone identification]</ref> and evidence suggests it plays a role in the chemical communication of several insects, including the female ''Anopheles stephensi'' (a mosquito).<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Brei B, Edman JD, Gerade B, Clark JM |title=Relative abundance of two cuticular hydrocarbons indicates whether a mosquito is old enough to transmit malaria parasites |journal=J. Med. Entomol. |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=807–9 |year=2004 |pmid=15311480 |doi=10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.807|doi-access=free }}</ref>
Nonacosane has been identified within several essential oils. It can also be prepared synthetically.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bentley, H.R.|author2=Henry, J.A.|author3=Irvine, D.S.|author4=Mukerji, D.|author5=Spring, F.S.|name-list-style=amp |year=1955|title=Triterpenoids. Part XXXII. cyclolaudenol, a triterpenoid alcohol from opium |journal=J. Chem. Soc.|pages= 596–602|doi=10.1039/jr9550000596}}</ref>
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