Answer to Question #11773 in Organic Chemistry for Sana Rehman

Question

If the number of carbon atom increases to thirty then what will be the number of isomers?

Answer 1

A problem that has long interested chemists has been to calculate the number of
isomers for an alkane of any given carbon content. Whilst there appears to be no
simple mathematical relationship between the number of isomers and the carbon
content, it is possible to calculate this number iteratively counting the number
of isomers of each fragment into which the alkane can be decomposed.
The
number of alkane isomeres with formula C30H62 can be determined only with
computerized methods. There are 4111846763 isomers for alkane with formula C 30
H 62.