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3,3-dimethylhexane
Sign in to save3,3-Dimethylhexane is a colourless, odourless liquid, chemical compound in the family of hydrocarbons which has a formula of C8H18. It is an isomer of octane, where two methylene hydrogens at the third position in a hexane molecule have been replaced with two methyl groups.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H18
- Molecular weight
- 114.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3,3-dimethylhexane
- SMILES
- CCCC(C)(C)CC
- InChIKey
- KUMXLFIBWFCMOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.1
- 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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- Commons category
- 3,3-Dimethylhexane
- melting point
- -126.1
- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₈
- canonical SMILES
- CCCC(C)(C)CC
- boiling point
- 111.97
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3,3-Dimethylhexane is a colourless, odourless liquid, chemical compound in the family of hydrocarbons which has a formula of C8H18. It is an isomer of octane, where two methylene hydrogens at the third position in a hexane molecule have been replaced with two methyl groups.
3,3-Dimethylhexane is found in various herbs and spices. It is also a constituent in the oil of osmanthus fragrans and Ginseng. 3,3-Dimethylhexane is an acyclic alkane, where there are no cycles in the structure of the molecule.
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