C10H21

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decyl \De"cyl\, n. [L. decem ten + -yl.] (Chem.)
     A hydrocarbon radical, {C10H21.}, never existing alone, but
     regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of
     compounds of the paraffin series.
     [1913 Webster]