2-Butene, 2,3-dimethyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 84.1595
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12/c1-5(2)6(3)4/h1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WGLLSSPDPJPLOR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 563-79-1
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• Other names: Tetramethylethylene; 1,1,2,2-Tetramethylethylene; 2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene; 2,3-Dimethylbut-2-ene; 2,3-Dimethylbutene-2; (CH3)2C=C(CH3)2; Tetramethylethene
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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₂ + HCl = C₆H₁₃Cl

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

References

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Rogers, Crooks, et al., 1987
Rogers, D.W.; Crooks, E.; Dejroongruang, K., Enthalpies of hydrogenation of the hexenes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 1209-1215. [all data]

Kistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1936
Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Ruhoff, J.R.; Smith, H.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. III. Hydrogenation of some higher olefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 137-145. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Radyuk, Kabo, et al., 1972
Radyuk, Z.A.; Kabo, G.Ya.; Andreevskii, D.N., Equilibrium and thermodynamics of the isomerization of hexene isomers, Neftekhimiya, 1972, 12, 679-686. [all data]

Rodgers and Wu, 1971
Rodgers, A.S.; Wu, M.-C.R., Thermochemistry of the gas-phase iodine catalyzed isomerization: 2,3-dimethyl-1-butene = 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 591-597. [all data]

Abell, 1966
Abell, P.I., Bromine atom catalyzed isomerization of terminal olefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 1346-1348. [all data]

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]

Bartolo and Rossini, 1960
Bartolo, H.F.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of isomerization of the seventeen isomeric hexenes, J. Phys. Chem., 1960, 64, 1685-1689. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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