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2-Methylpentane
SpectraBase Compound ID 7XTQ0W1R1tC
InChI InChI=1S/C6H14/c1-4-5-6(2)3/h6H,4-5H2,1-3H3
InChIKey AFABGHUZZDYHJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 86.18 g/mol
Molecular Formula C6H14
Exact Mass 86.10955 g/mol
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  • Isohexane
  • Dimethylpropylmethane
  • 2-METHYLPENTAN
  • 2-METHYLPENTAN,(ISOHEXAN)
  • BETA-C-C-GAMMA-2-METHYL-2-PENTYL-CATION
  • BETA-C-H-GAMMA-2-METHYL-2-PENTYL-CATION
  • Pentane 2-methyl
  • Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene), high molecular weight
  • Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene), low molecular weight
  • Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene), medium molecular weight
  • Methyl pentane
  • 1,1-Dimethylbutane
  • (CH3)2CH(CH2)2CH3
  • HSDB 1125
  • EINECS 203-523-4
  • NSC 66496
  • AI3-28851
  • 'Isohexane'
Title Journal or Book Year
Predictions of 13C chemical shifts in carbocations. The use of scaled chemical shifts calculated using GIAO DFT methods † Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 1999
Analysis of 13C nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shifts of acyclic hydrocarbons Canadian Journal of Chemistry 1980
Conformational and configurational analysis of hydrocarbon chains based on time-averaged carbon-13 chemical shifts Canadian Journal of Chemistry 1977
Application of carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to the analysis of charge distribution patterns in unsaturated carbonyl-containing compounds Journal of the American Chemical Society 1976
Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. Chemical shifts for the paraffins through C9 Analytical Chemistry 1971
Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance. II. Chemical Shift Data for the Alkanes Journal of the American Chemical Society 1964

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