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Is heptane the same as hexane?

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Hexane is a hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C6H14. n-hexane is the unbranched isomer of hexane as there exists four more branched isomers of hexane

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A hexene has a double bond, the one just signifies it being on the first carbon from whichever side you are counting. A hexane is just a six carbon chain with single bonds.

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The situation of the double (=) bond :

it comes after C atom number 1 in 1-hexene, and after C atom number 2 in 2-hexene

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No. They have different molecular formulas. Hexane (C6H12) and Hexene (C6H10) because of the double bond.

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Heptane and hexane are two different compounds.

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