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2,2,3-trimethylbutane
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Triptane, or 2,2,3-trimethylbutane, is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C7H16 or (H3C-)3C-C(-CH3)2H. It is therefore an alkane, specifically the most compact and heavily branched of the heptane isomers, the only one with a butane (C4) backbone.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H16
- Molecular weight
- 100.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,2,3-trimethylbutane
- SMILES
- CC(C)C(C)(C)C
- InChIKey
- ZISSAWUMDACLOM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- heptane
- Mass
- 100.125
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₆
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)C(C)(C)C
- Commons category
- 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane
- melting point
- -25
- boiling point
- 80.86
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Triptane, or 2,2,3-trimethylbutane, is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C7H16 or (H3C-)3C-C(-CH3)2H. It is therefore an alkane, specifically the most compact and heavily branched of the heptane isomers, the only one with a butane (C4) backbone.
It was first synthesized in 1922 by Belgian chemists Georges Chavanne (1875–1941) and B. Lejeune, who called it trimethylisopropylmethane.
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