An unknown compound is found to contain only carbon and hydrogen. It is a liquid that boils at 49 C at 1 atm. Upon analysis it is found to contain 85.7% carbon and 14.3% hydrogen by mass at 100 C and 735 torr, the vapour of this unknown has a density of 22 g/L. When it is dissolved in hexane solution and bromine water is added, no reaction occurs, what is the name of the unknown compound?

The empirical formula of unknown compound is calculated as,

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An unknown compound is found to contain only carbon and hydrogen. It is a liquid that boils at 49 C at 1 atm. Upon analysis it is found to contain 85.7% carbon and 14.3% hydrogen by mass at 100 C and 735 torr, the vapour of this unknown has a density of 22 g/L. When it is dissolved in hexane solution and bromine water is added, no reaction occurs, what is the name of the unknown compound?

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