Neopentane

• Formula: C₅H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 72.1488
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12/c1-5(2,3)4/h1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CRSOQBOWXPBRES-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 463-82-1
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• Other names: Propane, 2,2-dimethyl-; tert-Pentane; Tetramethylcarbon; Tetramethylmethane; 1,1,1-Trimethylethane; 2,2-Dimethylpropane; Neo-C5H12; UN 2044; Dimethylpropane
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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]

Desty and Whyman, 1957
Desty, D.H.; Whyman, B.H.F., Anal. Chem., 1957, 29, 320. [all data]

Scott and McLeod, 1956
Scott, R.B.; McLeod, H.L., J. Org. Chem., 1956, 21, 388. [all data]

Anonymous, 1948
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 6, Natl. Bur. Stand., 1948. [all data]

Buck, Elsner, et al., 1948
Buck, F.R.; Elsner, B.B.; Forbes, E.J.; Morrell, S.H.; Smith, J.C.; Wallsgrove, E.R., The Use of Zinc Alkyls in the Preparation of Hydrocarbons with a Quaternary Carbon Atom, J. Inst. Pet., 1948, 34, 339. [all data]

Howard, Mears, et al., 1947
Howard, F.L.; Mears, T.W.; Fookson, A.; Pomerantz, P.; Brooks, D.B., Preparation and physical properties of several aliphatic hydrocarbons and intermediates, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1947, 38, 365. [all data]

Haensel and Ipatieff, 1946
Haensel, V.; Ipatieff, W., Selective Demethylation of Paraffin Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 345. [all data]

Benoliel, 1941
Benoliel, R.W., Some Physical Constants of Seven Four-Carbon-Atom Hydrocarbons and Neopentane, M.S. Thesis, Penn. State Univ., Univ. Park, PA, 1941. [all data]

Kharasch and Fineman, 1941
Kharasch, M.S.; Fineman, M.Z., The oxygen effect in the reaction of bromine with neopentane, t- butylbenzene and trimethylacetic acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 2776-9. [all data]

Hoog, Smittenberg, et al., 1937
Hoog, H.; Smittenberg, J.; Visser, G.H., Composition of the Primary Polymerization Prod. of Propene and Butenes in IIe Congr. Mondial Pet. 2, Sect. 2, Phys. Chim. Raffin- age, p 489, 1937. [all data]

Kohlraush and Koppl, 1934
Kohlraush, K.W.F.; Koppl, F., Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. B, 1934, 26, 209. [all data]

Fleming and Whitmore, 1932
Fleming, G.H.; Whitmore, F.C., Chlorination of Neopentane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1932, 54, 3460. [all data]

Mark and Noethling, 1927
Mark; Noethling, Z. Kristallogr., 1927, 65, 435. [all data]

Lagerlof, 1918
Lagerlof, D., Thermodynamic research: reduced formulas for simplified calculations of latent molar heat of evaporation, J. Prakt. Chem., 1918, 98, 136. [all data]

Ferrario and Fagetti, 1908
Ferrario; Fagetti, Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1908, 38, 630. [all data]

L'vov, 1870
L'vov, V.N., Z. Chem., 1870, 6, 520. [all data]

Notes

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