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Number of stereoisomeric paraffins with n carbon atoms.
(Formerly M3422 N1386)
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%I M3422 N1386 #19 Feb 01 2022 01:06:20

%S 0,0,0,0,0,0,4,11,35,101,290,804,2256,6296,17689,49952,142016,406330,

%T 1170272,3390932,9882412,28955403,85261439,252213192,749250700,

%U 2234562027,6688670232,20088920730,60525912003,182895125096,554186425193,1683554604984,5126814324715,15647846830627,47862034920652,146691540312878

%N Number of stereoisomeric paraffins with n carbon atoms.

%D N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

%D N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

%H C. M. Blair and H. R. Henze, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja01343a044">The number of stereoisomeric and non-stereoisomeric paraffin hydrocarbons</a>, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 54 (4) (1932), 1538-1545.

%H C. M. Blair and H. R. Henze, <a href="/A000626/a000626.pdf">The number of stereoisomeric and non-stereoisomeric paraffin hydrocarbons</a>, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 54 (4) (1932), 1538-1545. (Annotated scanned copy)

%F Reference gives recurrence.

%Y Cf. A000627, A000628.

%K nonn

%O 1,7

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

%E Corrected and extended by Tom Zeller (tzellera(AT)aim.com), Jun 01 2006