Propane, 2-methyl-2-(1-methylethoxy)-

• Formula: C₇H₁₆O
• Molecular weight: 116.2013
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H16O/c1-6(2)8-7(3,4)5/h6H,1-5H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HNFSPSWQNZVCTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 17348-59-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ether, tert-butyl isopropyl; tert-Butyl isopropyl ether; Isopropyl tert-butyl ether; 2-Methyl-2-(1-methylethoxy)propane; (i-C3H7)O(t-C4H9); 2-isopropoxy-2-methylpropane
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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

Phase change data

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

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₄H₈ + C₃H₈O = C₇H₁₆O

References

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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]

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]

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]

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]

Verevkin, Krasnykh, et al., 2003
Verevkin, Sergey P.; Krasnykh, Eugen L.; Vasiltsova, Tatiana V.; Heintz, Andreas, Determination of Ambient Temperature Vapor Pressures and Vaporization Enthalpies of Branched Ethers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2003, 48, 3, 591-599, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0255980 . [all data]

Verevkin, 2002
Verevkin, Sergey P., Improved Benson Increments for the Estimation of Standard Enthalpies of Formation and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Alkyl Ethers, Acetals, Ketals, and Ortho Esters, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 5, 1071-1097, https://doi.org/10.1021/je020023o . [all data]

Varushchenko, Pashchenko, et al., 2002
Varushchenko, R.M.; Pashchenko, L.L.; Druzhinina, A.I.; Churkina, A.Yu.; Vorob'ev, I.I.; Kravchun, S.N., Zh. Fiz. Khim., 2002, 76, 4, 632. [all data]

Dorofeeva, Yungman, et al., 2004
Dorofeeva, O.V.; Yungman, V.S.; Varushchenko, R.M.; Druzhinina, A.I., Ideal Gas Thermodynamic Properties of Propyl tert-Butyl Ethers from Density Functional Theory Results Combined with Experimental Data, International Journal of Thermophysics, 2004, 25, 4, 1097-1113, https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJOT.0000038503.77644.a4 . [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]

Varushchenko, Druzhinina, et al., 2001
Varushchenko, R.M.; Druzhinina, A.I.; Churkina, A.Yu.; Zhi, C.-T., Zh. Fiz. Khim., 2001, 75, 8, 1351. [all data]

Calderon, Tejero, et al., 1997
Calderon, A.; Tejero, J.; Izuierdo, J.F.; Iborra, M.; Cunill, F., Equilibrium Constants for the liquid-phase synthesis of isopropyl tert-butyl ether from 2-propanol and isobutene, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 1997, 36, 896-902. [all data]

Sola, Pericas, et al., 1997
Sola, L.; Pericas, M.A.; Cunill, F.; Izquierdo, J.F., A comparative thermodynamic and kinetic study of the reaction between olefins and light alcohols leading to branced ethers. Reaction calorimetry study of the formation of tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME) and tert-butyl isopropyl ether (IPTBE), Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 1997, 36, 2012-2018. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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