3-Pentanone, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-

• Formula: C₉H₁₈O
• Molecular weight: 142.2386
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H18O/c1-8(2,3)7(10)9(4,5)6/h1-6H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UIQGEWJEWJMQSL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 815-24-7
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• Other names: Di-tert-butyl ketone; Hexamethylacetone; Pivalone; 2,2,4,4-Tetramethyl-3-pentanone; (t-C4H9)2CO; 2,2,4,4-Tetramethyl-pentan-3-one
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

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]

Bartlett and Stiles, 1955
Bartlett, P.D.; Stiles, M., Highly branched molecules: IV solvolysis of the p-nitrobenzoate of tri-t- butylcarbinol and some of its homologs, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 2806. [all data]

Percival, Wagner, et al., 1953
Percival, W.C.; Wagner, R.B.; Cook, N.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3731. [all data]

Cook and Percival, 1949
Cook, N.C.; Percival, W.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 4141. [all data]

Howard, Mears, et al., 1947
Howard, F.L.; Mears, T.W.; Fookson, A.; Pomerantz, P.; Brooks, D.B., Preparation and physical properties of several aliphatic hydrocarbons and intermediates, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1947, 38, 365. [all data]

Bartlett and Schneider, 1945
Bartlett, P.D.; Schneider, A., The Synthesis of Tri-t-butylcarbinol and Other Highly Branched Alcohols by Means of Sodium, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1945, 67, 141. [all data]

Whitmore and Laughlin, 1933
Whitmore, F.C.; Laughlin, K.C., The Dehydration of Tertiary Alcohols Containing A Neopentyl System. II Methylisopropyl-tert-buthylcarbinol, Methyldi-tert-butylcarbimol, and Methylethylneopentylcarbinol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 3732. [all data]

Pfeiffer and Adkins, 1931
Pfeiffer, G.J.; Adkins, H., The Relation of the Structure of Ketones to Their Reactivity and Affinity in Acetal Formation II., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 1043. [all data]

Vavon and Ivanoff, 1923
Vavon, G.; Ivanoff, D., C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1923, 177, 453. [all data]

Haller and Bauer, 1913
Haller, A.; Bauer, E., Ann. Chim. (Paris), 1913, 29, 8, 313. [all data]

Notes

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