Butane, 2-methoxy-2-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₄O
• Molecular weight: 102.1748
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-5-6(2,3)7-4/h5H2,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HVZJRWJGKQPSFL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 994-05-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ether, methyl tert-pentyl; tert-Amyl Methyl ether; Methyl tert-pentyl ether; 1,1-Dimethylpropyl methyl ether; 2-Methyl-2-methoxybutane; Methyl 2-methyl-2-butyl ether; 2-Methoxy-2-methylbutane
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

References

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Rozhnov, Safronov, et al., 1991
Rozhnov, A.M.; Safronov, V.V.; Verevkin, S.P.; Sharonov, K.G.; Alenin, V.I., Enthalpy of combustion and enthalpy of vaporization of 2-ethyl-2-methoxypropane and thermodynamics of its gas-phase synthesis from (methanol + a 2-methylbutene), J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1991, 23, 629-635. [all data]

Evans and Edlund, 1936
Evans, T.W.; Edlund, K.R., Tertiary alkyl ethers preparation and properties, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1936, 28, 1186-1188. [all data]

Loras, Aucejo, et al., 1999
Loras, S.; Aucejo, A.; Munoz, R.; Ordonez, L.M., Phase Equilibria in the Systems 2-Methyl-2-propanol + Methyl 1,1-Dimethylpropyl Ether and 2-Methylpentane + 2-Methyl-2-propanol + Methyl 1,1-Dimethylpropyl Ether, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 1163-8. [all data]

Monton, Torre, et al., 1999
Monton, J.B.; Torre, J.d.l.; Burguet, M.C.; Munoz, R.; Loras, S., Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium in the Systems 2,3-Dimethylpentane + Methyl 1,1-dimethylethyl Ether, + Diisopropyl Ether and + Methyl 1,1-Dimethylpropyl Ether, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 1158-62. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Cervenkova and Boublik, 1984
Cervenkova, I.; Boublik, T., Vapor pressures, refractive indexes, and densities at 20.0 .degree.C, and vapor-liquid equilibrium at 101.325 kPa, in the tert-amyl methyl ether-methanol system, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984, 29, 425. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Cowell, A.B.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Thermodynamic Properties and Ideal-Gas Enthalpies of Formation for Methyl Benzoate, Ethyl Benzoate, ( R )-(+)-Limonene, tert -Amyl Methyl Ether, trans -Crotonaldehyde, and Diethylene Glycol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 667-688, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0100847 . [all data]

Aucejo, Loras, et al., 1998
Aucejo, Antonio; Loras, Sonia; Muñoz, Rosa; Reich, Ricardo; Segura, Hugo, Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium in the Systems 2-Methylpentane + Methyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether, + Ethyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether, and + Methyl 1,1-Dimethylpropyl Ether, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 6, 973-977, https://doi.org/10.1021/je980090b . [all data]

Verevkin and Welle, 1998
Verevkin, Sergey P.; Welle, Frank M., Structural Chemistry, 1998, 9, 3, 215-221, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022475115296 . [all data]

Kraehenbuehl and Gmehling, 1994
Kraehenbuehl, M.A.; Gmehling, J., Vapor Pressures of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether, Ethyl tert-Butyl Ether, Isopropyl tert-Butyl Ether, tert-Amyl Methyl Ether, and tert-Amyl Ethyl Ether, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1994, 39, 4, 759-762, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00016a026 . [all data]

Cervenkova and Boublik, 1984, 2
Cervenkova, Irena; Boublik, Tomas, Vapor pressure, refractive indexes and densities at 20.0.degree.C, and vapor-liquid equilibrium at 101.325 kPa in the tert-amyl methyl ether-methanol system, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984, 29, 4, 425-427, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00038a017 . [all data]

Palczewska-Tulinska, Cholinski, et al., 1984
Palczewska-Tulinska, Marcela; Cholinski, Jacek; Szafranski, Andrzej M.; Wyrzykowska-Stankiewicz, Danuta, Experimental vapor pressures and maximum-likelihood Antoine-equation constants for 1,1,1-methoxydimethylpropane, thiacyclopentane and 1,4-butanediol, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1984, 15, 3, 295-307, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812(84)87014-4 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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