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2,5-dimethylhexane
Sign in to save2,5-Dimethylhexane is a branched alkane used in the aviation industry in low revolutions per minute helicopters. As an isomer of octane, the boiling point is very close to that of octane, but can in pure form be slightly lower. 2,5-Dimethylhexane is moderately toxic.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H18
- Molecular weight
- 114.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,5-dimethylhexane
- SMILES
- CC(C)CCC(C)C
- InChIKey
- UWNADWZGEHDQAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 114.140851
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)CCC(C)C
- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₈
- boiling point
- 109.12
- Commons category
- 2,5-Dimethylhexane
- melting point
- -91
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2,5-Dimethylhexane is a branched alkane used in the aviation industry in low revolutions per minute helicopters. As an isomer of octane, the boiling point is very close to that of octane, but can in pure form be slightly lower. 2,5-Dimethylhexane is moderately toxic.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2,5-dimethylhexane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.