3,3-Dimethylbutane-2-ol

• Formula: C₆H₁₄O
• Molecular weight: 102.1748
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-5(7)6(2,3)4/h5,7H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DFOXKPDFWGNLJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 464-07-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • d-methyl-tert-butylcarbinol
• Other names: Pinacolyl alcohol; 2-Butanol, 3,3-dimethyl-; tert-Butyl Methyl carbinol; 2,2-Dimethyl-3-butanol; 3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol; (CH3)3CCH(CH3)OH; Pinacolyl alcohol-tert-butyl methylcarbinol; 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-ol
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Ion clustering data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

C₆H₁₃O^- +  = (C₆H₁₃O^- • )

By formula: C₆H₁₃O^- + C₆H₁₄O = (C₆H₁₃O^- • C₆H₁₄O)

C₆H₁₃O^- +  = (C₆H₁₃O^- • )

By formula: C₆H₁₃O^- + C₆H₁₄O = (C₆H₁₃O^- • C₆H₁₄O)

C₇H₇O^- +  = (C₇H₇O^- • )

By formula: C₇H₇O^- + C₆H₁₄O = (C₇H₇O^- • C₆H₁₄O)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: F^- + C₆H₁₄O = (F^- • C₆H₁₄O)

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Caldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984
Caldwell, G.; Rozeboom, M.D.; Kiplinger, J.P.; Bartmess, J.E., Anion-alcohol hydrogen bond strengths in the gas phase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4660. [all data]

Paul and Kebarle, 1990
Paul, G.J.C.; Kebarle, P., Thermodynamics of the Association Reactions OH- - H2O = HOHOH- and CH3O- - CH3OH = CH3OHOCH3- in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94, 12, 5184, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100375a076 . [all data]

Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986
Meot-ner, M.; Sieck, L.W., Relative acidities of water and methanol, and the stabilities of the dimer adducts, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 6687. [all data]

Meot-Ner(Mautner), 1986
Meot-Ner(Mautner), M., Comparative Stabilities of Cationic and Anionic Hydrogen-Bonded Networks. Mixed Clusters of Water-Methanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 20, 6189, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00280a014 . [all data]

Mihalick, Gatev, et al., 1996
Mihalick, J.E.; Gatev, G.G.; Brauman, J.I., Electron Photodetachment Spectroscopy of Solvated Anions: RO.HF- or ROH.F-?, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 49, 12424, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja954202k . [all data]

Huber, Kenndler, et al., 1993
Huber, J.F.K.; Kenndler, E.; Reich, G.; Hack, W.; Wolf, J., Optimal Selection of Gas Chromatographic Columns for the Analytical Control of Chemical Warfare Agents by Application of Information Theory to Retention Data, Anal. Chem., 1993, 65, 20, 2903-2906, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00068a031 . [all data]

Boneva, 1987
Boneva, S., Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices for C₆ Alkanols on OV-101 and Carbowax 20M Capillary Columns, Chromatographia, 1987, 23, 1, 50-52, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02310419 . [all data]

Bogoslovsky, Anvaer, et al., 1978
Bogoslovsky, Yu.N.; Anvaer, B.I.; Vigdergauz, M.S., Chromatographic constants in gas chromatography (in Russian), Standards Publ. House, Moscow, 1978, 192. [all data]

Tret'yakov, 2007
Tret'yakov, K.V., Retention Data. NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center., NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 2007. [all data]

Zenkevich, 1998
Zenkevich, I.G., The Principle of Structural Analogy in the Calculation of Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices using Physico-Chemical Constants of Organic Compounds, Zh. Anal. Khim. (Rus.), 1998, 53, 1, 43-49. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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