Butane, 2,2,3,3-tetramethyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 114.2285
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H18/c1-7(2,3)8(4,5)6/h1-6H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OMMLUKLXGSRPHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 594-82-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ethane, hexamethyl-; Hexamethylethane; 2,2,3,3-Tetramethylbutane; (CH3)3CC(CH3)3; Tetramethylbutane
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References

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Petrov, Sergienko, et al., 1958
Petrov, A.A.; Sergienko, S.R.; Tsedlina, A.L.; Teterina, M.P.; Kislinskii, A.N.; Gal'pern, G.D., Isomerization of Saturated Hydrocarbons Communication 1. Isomerization of C6-C8 Parafins, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Khim., 1958, 1958, 419-26. [all data]

Kharasch, Hancock, et al., 1956
Kharasch, M.S.; Hancock, J.W.; Nudenberg, W.; Tawney, P.O., Factors Influencing the COurse and Mechanism of Grignard Reactions XXII. The Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Alkyl Halides and Ketones in the Presence of Manganous Salts, J. Org. Chem., 1956, 21, 322. [all data]

Levina, Shabarov, et al., 1954
Levina, R.Ya.; Shabarov, Yu.S.; Skvarchenko, V.R., Vestn. Mosk. Univ., Ser. Fiz.-Mat. Estestv. Nauk, 1954, 1, 63. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1949
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L.; Derfer, J.M., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Wt., Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Eleventh Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., 1949. [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]

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

Calingaert, Soroos, et al., 1944
Calingaert, G.; Soroos, H.; Hnizda, V.; Shapiro, H., Hexamethylethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 1389. [all data]

Bazhulin, Bokstein, et al., 1943
Bazhulin, P.A.; Bokstein, M.L.; Liberman, A.L.; Lukina, M.Y.; Margolis, E.I.; Solovova, O.P.; Kazanskii, B.A., Optical Methods for Studying Hydrocarbons III. The Combined Scattering Spectrum of Paraffins, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1943, 1943, 198. [all data]

Calingaert and Soroos, 1943
Calingaert, G.; Soroos, H., Personal Commun., Ethyl Corp., Nov. 23, 1943. [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]

Whitmore, Whitaker, et al., 1941
Whitmore, F.C.; Whitaker, J.S.; Mosher, W.A.; Breivik, O.N.; Wheeler, W.R.; Miner, C.S.; Sutherland, L.H.; Wagner, R.B.; Clapper, T.W.; Lewis, C.E.; Lux, A.R.; Popkin, A.H., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 643. [all data]

Smittenberg, Hoog, et al., 1938
Smittenberg, J.; Hoog, H.; Henkes, R.A., Freezing Points of A Number of Pure Hydrocarbons of the Gasoline Boiling Range and of Some of their Binary Mixtures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 17. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [all data]

Flood and Calingaert, 1934
Flood, D.T.; Calingaert, G., Hexamethylethylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1211. [all data]

Whitmore, Stehman, et al., 1933
Whitmore, F.C.; Stehman, C.J.; Herndon, J.M., Hexamethylethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 3807. [all data]

Parks and Huffman, 1931
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Some fusion and transition data for hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1931, 23, 1138-9. [all data]

Henry, 1906
Henry, L., C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1906, 142, 1075. [all data]

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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