Cycloundecane is a
saturated
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** Saturated and unsaturated compounds
**Degree of unsaturation
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cyclic
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. T ...
with eleven carbon atoms forming a ring. It is classed as an
alkane because it has only carbon and hydrogen and these elements are configured with C–H and C–C such that there is a chain of carbon atoms with hydrogens attached to them. For each of the carbon atoms in the chain there is a pair of hydrogen atoms such that the chemical formula is C
11H
22. The compound is stable, but it burns with sufficient ignition heat.
Variants of this compound, for example,
bicycloundecane, have been proposed for use in conductors for electronic circuitry.
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