Propane, 2-methoxy-2-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₁₂O
• Molecular weight: 88.1482
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-5(2,3)6-4/h1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BZLVMXJERCGZMT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1634-04-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ether, tert-butyl methyl; tert-Butyl methyl ether; Methyl tert-butyl ether; 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane; 2-Methyl-2-methoxypropane; tert-C4H9OCH3; Methyl t-butyl ether; MTBE; Methyl 1,1-dimethylethyl ether; UN 2398; Driveron; 1,1-Dimethylethyl methyl ether; t-Butyl methyl ether; methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE)
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

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

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

View reactions leading to C₅H₁₂O⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Arntz and Gottlieb, 1985
Arntz, H.; Gottlieb, K., High-pressure heat-flow calorimeter determination of the enthalpy of reaction for the synthesis of methyl t-butyl ether from methanol and 2-methylpropene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1985, 17, 967-972. [all data]

Fenwick, Harrop, et al., 1975
Fenwick, J.O.; Harrop, D.; Head, A.J., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 41. Enthalpies of formation of eight ethers, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1975, 7, 943-954. [all data]

Smutny and Bondi, 1961
Smutny, E.J.; Bondi, A., Di-t-butyl ether: Strain energy and physical properties, J. Phys. Chem., 1961, 65, 546-550. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Andon R.J.L., 1975
Andon R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 40. Heat capacity and entropy of six ethers, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1975, 7, 593-606. [all data]

Andon and Martin, 1975
Andon, R.J.L.; Martin, J.F., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 40. Heat capacity and entropy of six ethers, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1975, 7, 593-606. [all data]

Fenwick, Harrop, et al., 1975, 2
Fenwick, J.O.; Harrop, D.; Head, A.J., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 41. Enthalpies of formation of eight ethers, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1975, 7, 944-954. [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]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Bissonnette, George, et al., 1990
Bissonnette, M.; George, M.; Holmes, J.L., The experimental investigation of [C₅H₁₂O] ion structures related to neopentyl alcohol and its methyl ether, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1990, 101, 309. [all data]

Aue and Bowers, 1979
Aue, D.H.; Bowers, M.T., Chapter 9. Stabilities of positive ions from equilibrium gas phase basicity measurements in Ions Chemistry,, ed. M.T. Bowers, 1979. [all data]

Benoit and Harrison, 1977
Benoit, F.M.; Harrison, A.G., Predictive value of proton affinity. Ionization energy correlations involving oxygenated molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 3980. [all data]

Lossing, 1977
Lossing, F.P., Heats of formation of some isomeric [C_nH_2n+1]⁺ ions. Substitutional effects on ion stability, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7526. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  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

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