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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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Tanya L. Myers, Russell G. Tonkyn, Ashley M. Oeck, Tyler O. Danby, John S. Loring, Matthew S. Taubman, Stephen W. Sharpe, Jerome C. Birnbaum, and Timothy J. Johnson

• liquid; Bruker Tensor 27 FTIR; 0.4821395 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

• gas

Data compiled by: Pamela M. Chu, Franklin R. Guenther, George C. Rhoderick, and Walter J. Lafferty

• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); 3-Term B-H Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Boxcar Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Happ Genzel Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); NB Strong Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Triangular Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Olson, Hipsher, et al., 1947
Olson, W.T.; Hipsher, H.F.; Buess, C.M.; Goodman, I.A.; Hart, I.; Lamneck, J.H.; Gibbons, L.C., The Synthesis and Purification of Ethers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 2451-4. [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. Thermodyn., 1975, 7, 593. [all data]

Daubert, Jalowka, et al., 1987
Daubert, T.E.; Jalowka, J.W.; Goren, V., Vapor pressure of 22 pure industrial chemicals, AIChE Symp. Ser., 1987, 83, 256, 128-156. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Ambrose, Broderick, et al., 1974
Ambrose, D.; Broderick, B.E.; Townsend, R., The Critical Temperatures and Pressures of Thirty Organic Compounds, J. Appl. Chem. Biotechnol., 1974, 24, 359. [all data]

Segura, Galindo, et al., 2002
Segura, Hugo; Galindo, Graciela; Reich, Ricardo; Wisniak, Jaime; Loras, Sonia, Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibria and Densities for the System Methyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether +2-Propanol, Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, 2002, 40, 3, 277-294, https://doi.org/10.1080/0031910021000004865 . [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]

Belaribi, Ait-Kaci, et al., 1995
Belaribi, F.B.; Ait-Kaci, A.; Jose, J., Equilibres liquide-vapeur isothermes de melanges binaires de la piperidine et de la N-methyl piperidine avec certains ethers, Journal of Thermal Analysis, 1995, 44, 5, 1177-1194, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02547548 . [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]

Wu, Pividal, et al., 1991
Wu, Huey S.; Pividal, Katherine A.; Sandler, Stanley I., Vapor-liquid equilibria of hydrocarbons and fuel oxygenates, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1991, 36, 4, 418-421, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00004a021 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Ambrose, Ellender, et al., 1976
Ambrose, D.; Ellender, J.H.; Sprake, C.H.S.; Townsend, R., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds XLIII. Vapour pressures of some ethers, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1976, 8, 2, 165-178, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(76)90090-2 . [all data]

Andon and Martin, 1975, 2
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]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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