Hexane, 3,3-dimethyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 114.2285
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H18/c1-5-7-8(3,4)6-2/h5-7H2,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KUMXLFIBWFCMOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 563-16-6
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• Other names: 3,3-Dimethylhexane
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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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]

Puzitskii, Bulanova, et al., 1970
Puzitskii, K.V.; Bulanova, T.F.; Bin, Y.Y.; Eidus, Y.T., Synthesis of C7-C9 2,2- and 3,3-Dimethylalkanes from Saturated C6-C9 Normal Alcohols, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1970, 1970, 1872. [all data]

Anonymous, 1959
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 6, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., 1959. [all data]

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

Audsley and Goss, 1951
Audsley, A.; Goss, F.R., Atom Polarisation. Part II. Relationships Between Molecular Dimensions and Boiling Points for Branched-Chain Parafins, J. Chem. Soc., 1951, 1951, 120-6. [all data]

Boord, Henne, et al., 1949
Boord, C.E.; Henne, A.L.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L.; Derfer, J.M., The Grignard Reagent in hydrocarbon synthesis, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 609. [all data]

Denyer, Fidler, et al., 1949
Denyer, R.L.; Fidler, F.A.; Lowry, R.A., Azeotrope Formation Between Thiols and Hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2727-37. [all data]

Fenske, Braun, et al., 1947
Fenske, M.R.; Braun, W.G.; Wiegand, R.V.; Quiggle, D.; McCormick, R.H.; Rank, D.H., Raman Spectra of Hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1947, 19, 700. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1946
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Weight, Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Eighth Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., June 30, 1946. [all data]

Forziati, Glasgow, et al., 1946
Forziati, A.F.; Glasgow, A.R.; Willingham, C.B.; Rossini, F.D., Specification adn Properties of 29 Paraffin, 4 Alkylcyclopentanes, 10 Alkylcyclohexanes and 8 Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1946, 36, 129. [all data]

Henne and Chanan, 1944
Henne, A.L.; Chanan, H.H., Diolefins from Allylic Chlorides II., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 392. [all data]

Anonymous, 1942
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 6, Natl. Bur. Stand., 1942. [all data]

Anonymous, 1941
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Hydrocarbon Res. Proj., Third Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., Aug. 31, 1941. [all data]

Marker and Oakwood, 1938
Marker, R.E.; Oakwood, T.S., Hexamethylethane and Tetraalkylmethanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 2598. [all data]

Dietrich, 1933
Dietrich, M.A., Syntheses in the olefin series octenes of type I and type II, Ph.D. Thesis, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, 1933. [all data]

Schurman and Boord, 1933
Schurman, I.; Boord, C.E., Synthesis in teh Olefin Series V. Completing the Survey of the Hexenes and Including Certain Heptenes and Octenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 4930-5. [all data]

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Notes

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