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
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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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References

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Loras, Aucejo, et al., 1999
Loras, S.; Aucejo, A.; Munoz, R., Isobsaric Vapor-Liquid equilibrium in the Systems Methyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether + 2-Methyl-2-propanol and Methyl 1,1-Dimethylethyl Ether + 2-Methylpentane + 2-Methyhl-2-propanol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 1169-74. [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]

Arce, Martinez-Ageitos, et al., 1998
Arce, A.; Martinez-Ageitos, J.; Soto, A., Vapor-Liquid Equilibria at 101.32 kPa of the Ternary Systems 2-Methoxy-2-methylpropane + Methano + Water and 2-Methoxy-2-methylprpane + Ethanol + Water, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 708-13. [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]

American Tokyo Kasei, 1988
American Tokyo Kasei, TCI American Organic Chemical 88/89 Catalog, American Tokyo Kasei, Portland, OR, 1988, 1610. [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]

Aim and Ciprian, 1980
Aim, K.; Ciprian, M., Vapor Pressures, Refractive Index at 20.0 deg C, and Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium at 101.325 kPa in thee Methyl tert-Butyl Ether Methanol System,, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1980, 25, 100. [all data]

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]

Norris and Rigby, 1932
Norris, J.F.; Rigby, G.W., Reactivity of Atoms and Groups in Organic Compounds XII. The Preparation and Properties of Mixed Aliphatic Ethers with Special Reference to those Containing the Tert-Butyl Radical, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1932, 54, 2088. [all data]

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