(organic chemistry) A branched-chain version of a straight-chain (normal) saturated hydrocarbon; for example, isooctane, or 2,2,4-trimethyl pentane, (CH3)3C5H9, is the branched-chain version of n-octane, CH3(CH2)6CH3.
isoparaffin
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