2,4-Hexadiene, 3,4-dimethyl-, (Z,Z)-

• Formula: C₈H₁₄
• Molecular weight: 110.1968
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H14/c1-5-7(3)8(4)6-2/h5-6H,1-4H3/b7-5-,8-6- Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PBGBMQLUDCDJQJ-SFECMWDFSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 21293-01-6
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• Stereoisomers:
  • (E,E)-2,4-Hexadiene, 3,4-dimethyl-
  • 2,4-Hexadiene, 3,4-dimethyl-, (E,Z)-
• Other names: (Z),(Z)-(CH3CH=C(CH3))2
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Phase change data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₈H₁₄ = C₈H₁₈

References

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Reeve and Reichel, 1972
Reeve, W.; Reichel, D.M., Dehydration of 3,4-Dimethyl-3-hexanediol to the Six Possible C8H14 Dienes and Proof of Structure of the Substituted Btadienes, J. Org. Chem., 1972, 37, 68. [all data]

Roth, Lennartz, et al., 1988
Roth, W.R.; Lennartz, H-W.; Doering, W.v.E.; Dolbier, W.R., Jr.; Schmidhauser, J.C., Thermochemistry of the "orthogonal" butadienes (Z,Z)-3,4-dimethylhexa-2,4-diene and 2,3-di-tert-butylbuta-1,3-diene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 1883-1889. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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