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Number of non-stereoisomeric paraffins with n carbon atoms.
(Formerly M0674 N0249)
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%I M0674 N0249 #20 Feb 01 2022 01:06:37

%S 1,1,1,2,3,5,7,13,20,35,55,96,156,267,438,747,1239,2099,3498,5912,

%T 9890,16677,27951,47084,79019,133003,223373,375824,631477,1062160,

%U 1785159,3002227,5046641,8486453,14266795,23989770,40332184,67816640,114018876,191713441,322330987,541966582

%N Number of non-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. A000626, A000628.

%K nonn

%O 1,4

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

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