Pentane, 3-chloro-3-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₃Cl
• Molecular weight: 120.620
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H13Cl/c1-4-6(3,7)5-2/h4-5H2,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SGWJUIFOPCZXMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 918-84-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Diethylmethylcarbinyl chloride; 1-Ethyl-1-methylpropyl chloride; 3-Chloro-3-methylpentane; 3-Methyl-3-chloropentane
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  • IR Spectrum
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Reduced pressure boiling point

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: HCl + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₃Cl

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₂ + HCl = C₆H₁₃Cl

=

By formula: C₆H₁₃Cl = C₆H₁₃Cl

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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References

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Arnett and Pienta, 1980
Arnett, E.M.; Pienta, N.J., Stabilities of carbonium ions in solution. 12. Heats of formation of alkyl chlorides as an entree to heats of solvation of aliphatic carbonium ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 3329-3334. [all data]

Whitmore and Badertscher, 1933
Whitmore, F.C.; Badertscher, D.E., The Yields of Some Aliphatic Tertiary Grignard Reagents and the Limits of their Usefulness as Synthetic Reagents, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 1559. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Andreevskii, Kabo, et al., 1974
Andreevskii, D.N.; Kabo, G.Ya.; Esipenok, G.E., Equilibria and thermodynamics of the isomerisation of methylchloropentanes, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1974, 48, 955. [all data]

Castello and D'Amato, 1986
Castello, G.; D'Amato, G., Gas chromatographic separation and identification of linear and branched-chain alkyl chlorides, J. Chromatogr., 1986, 354, 65-74, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)87011-4 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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