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2-methylheptane
Sign in to save2-Methylheptane is a branched-chain alkane and an isomer of octane. It is an heptane molecule with a methyl group attached to its second atom. It is a flammable colorless liquid used as fuel.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H18
- Molecular weight
- 114.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methylheptane
- SMILES
- CCCCCC(C)C
- InChIKey
- JVSWJIKNEAIKJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.3
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 114.141
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- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCC(C)C
- boiling point
- 390.3
- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₈
- Commons category
- 2-Methylheptane
- ionization energy
- 9.84
- melting point
- -108.99
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2-Methylheptane is a branched-chain alkane and an isomer of octane. It is an heptane molecule with a methyl group attached to its second atom. It is a flammable colorless liquid used as fuel.
If the standard definition of the prefix "iso-" is strictly used then 2-methylheptane can be called "Isooctane". However this name is usually used for another much more important isomer of octane 2,2,4-trimethylpentane.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2-methylheptane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.