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3,3-dimethylpentane
Sign in to save3,3-Dimethylpentane is one of the isomers of heptane. 3,3-Dimethylpentane has a boiling point of 86.0 °C and melting point of −134.9 °C. Its density is 0.6934. The refractive index is 1.39092 at 20 °C.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H16
- Molecular weight
- 100.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3,3-dimethylpentane
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- heptane
- Mass
- 100.125200512
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₆
- canonical SMILES
- CCC(C)(C)CC
- Commons category
- 3,3-Dimethylpentane
- melting point
- -134.9
- found in taxon
- Larix gmelinii
- boiling point
- 86.06
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- Preparation
- Properties
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3,3-Dimethylpentane is one of the isomers of heptane. 3,3-Dimethylpentane has a boiling point of 86.0 °C and melting point of −134.9 °C. Its density is 0.6934. The refractive index is 1.39092 at 20 °C.
==Preparation== A method to produce 3,3-dimethylpentane is to react tert-amyl chloride (CH3CH2(CH3)C2Cl) with propionaldehyde producing 3,3-dimethylpentan-2-ol. This is then dehydrated to produce 3,3-dimethylpent-2-ene, which when hydrogenated produces some 3,3-dimethylpentane, but also 2,3-dimethylpentane.
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