Pentane, 2,2,4-trimethyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 114.2285
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H18/c1-7(2)6-8(3,4)5/h7H,6H2,1-5H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NHTMVDHEPJAVLT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 540-84-1
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• Other names: Isooctane; Isobutyltrimethylmethane; 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane; (CH3)2CHCH2C(CH3)3; Isobutyltrimethylethane; UN 1262
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₈H₁₆ + H₂ = C₈H₁₈

 +  =

By formula: C₈H₁₆ + H₂ = C₈H₁₈

=

By formula: C₈H₁₈ = C₈H₁₈

References

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Turner, Nettleton, et al., 1958
Turner, R.B.; Nettleton, J.E.; Perelman, Heats of Hydrogenation. VI. Heats of hydrogenation of some substituted ethylenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 1430-1433. [all data]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1937
Dolliver, M.a.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. V. Heats of hydrogenation of various hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 831-841. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Crawford and Parks, 1936
Crawford, B.L., Jr.; Parks, G.S., The heat of hydrogenation of diisobutylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 373. [all data]

Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of isomerization of the 18 octanes, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 34, 163-174. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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