nonanen.
/ˈnɒneɪn/, /ˈnəʊneɪn/, U.S. /ˈnɑˌneɪn/, /ˈnoʊˌneɪn/ Chemistry.
Any of a series of saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes) with the formula C9H20; spec. (also n-nonane) the unbranched isomer, CH3(CH2)7CH3, a volatile liquid present in petroleum.
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nonane1867
1867 A. W. Hofmann in Proc. Royal Soc. 1866–7 15 58 All the members of this series I make terminate in ane... According to this principle the following names are formed:..Nonane, (C9 H20)0.
1889 G. M'Gowan tr. A. Bernthsen Text-bk. Org. Chem. i. 44 From petroleum have been separated..normal Heptane, n-Octane, n-Nonane, and n-Decane.
1953 A. G. E. Pearse Histochem. xvii. 388 The examination of freeze-dried sections mounted in inert media such as nonane.
1984 Analyt. Chem. 56 2692 Butylation with n-butyl Grignard reagent is carried out in a microvolume of n-nonane.
2001 Toxicology 161 1 JP-8 is the major jet fuel used by US Army and Air Force... The components of JP-8 such as tridecane, nonane, naphthalene and toluene permeated significantly through pig ear skin and human skin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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