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A000627
Number of non-stereoisomeric paraffins with n carbon atoms.
(Formerly M0674 N0249)
3
1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 20, 35, 55, 96, 156, 267, 438, 747, 1239, 2099, 3498, 5912, 9890, 16677, 27951, 47084, 79019, 133003, 223373, 375824, 631477, 1062160, 1785159, 3002227, 5046641, 8486453, 14266795, 23989770, 40332184, 67816640, 114018876, 191713441, 322330987, 541966582
OFFSET
1,4
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
C. M. Blair and H. R. Henze, The number of stereoisomeric and non-stereoisomeric paraffin hydrocarbons, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 54 (4) (1932), 1538-1545.
C. M. Blair and H. R. Henze, The number of stereoisomeric and non-stereoisomeric paraffin hydrocarbons, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 54 (4) (1932), 1538-1545. (Annotated scanned copy)
FORMULA
Reference gives recurrence.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A249309 A250253 A119717 * A337270 A209237 A322475
KEYWORD
nonn
EXTENSIONS
Corrected and extended by Tom Zeller (tzellera(AT)aim.com), Jun 01 2006
STATUS
approved