Hexane, 2,2-dimethyl-

Formula: C₈H₁₈
Molecular weight: 114.2285
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H18/c1-5-6-7-8(2,3)4/h5-7H2,1-4H3
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FLTJDUOFAQWHDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 590-73-8
Chemical structure:
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Other names: 2,2-Dimethylhexane; (CH3)3C(CH2)3CH3
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Normal boiling point

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

T_boil (K)	Reference	Comment
380.0	Weast and Grasselli, 1989	BS
382.	Majer and Svoboda, 1985	Data excluded from overall average
379.95	Puzitskii, Bulanova, et al., 1970	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
379.	Kolyaskina and Petrov, 1962	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average
379.99	Desty and Whyman, 1957	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
380.03	Anonymous, 1954	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
380.2	Audsley and Goss, 1951	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
380.01	Boord, Henne, et al., 1949	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
380.00	Denyer, Fidler, et al., 1949	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
380.15	Jamison, Lesslie, et al., 1949	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
379.65	Buck, Elsner, et al., 1948	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
380.	Rossini, 1948	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
380.05	Fenske, Braun, et al., 1947	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
380.01	Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1946	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
379.99	Forziati, Glasgow, et al., 1946	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
380.01	Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1945	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
380.25	Herington and Rideal, 1945	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
380.15	Komarewsky and Shand, 1944	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
379.99	Anonymous, 1942	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
379.95	Anonymous, 1941	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
379.35	Marker and Oakwood, 1938	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average
380.1	Schurman and Boord, 1933	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
379.65	Noller, 1929	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC

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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]

Kolyaskina and Petrov, 1962
Kolyaskina, A.N.; Petrov, A.A., Reactions of Chlorine-Containing Telomers of Diene Hydrocarbons VIII. The Synthesis of Diene Hydrocarbons with Quaternary Carbon Atoms From Addition Products of Tertiary Alkyl Chlorides to Divinyl, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1962, 32, 1089-95. [all data]

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

Anonymous, 1954
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Tech. Rep. 13, Ohio State Univ., 1954. [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]

Jamison, Lesslie, et al., 1949
Jamison, M.M.; Lesslie, M.S.; Turner, E.E., J. Inst. Pet., 1949, 35, 590. [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]

Rossini, 1948
Rossini, F.D., Pure compounds from petroleum purification and purity of hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1948, 20, 110-21. [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]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1945
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Seventh Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., June 30, 1945. [all data]

Herington and Rideal, 1945
Herington, E.F.G.; Rideal, E.K., The Catalytic Cyclization of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons II., Proc. R. Soc. London, A, 1945, 184, 447. [all data]

Komarewsky and Shand, 1944
Komarewsky, V.I.; Shand, W.C., Catalytic Aromatization of Branched Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 1118. [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]

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]

Noller, 1929
Noller, C.R., The Prep. of Zinc Alkyls and Their Use in the Synthesis of Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 594. [all data]

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