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2-Methylhexane
SpectraBase Compound ID KDvAlCGQarb
InChI InChI=1S/C7H16/c1-4-5-6-7(2)3/h7H,4-6H2,1-3H3
InChIKey GXDHCNNESPLIKD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 100.2 g/mol
Molecular Formula C7H16
Exact Mass 100.125201 g/mol
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Technique Neat
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Technique GC/MS
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-262-3
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Source of Spectrum NW-2285-0-0
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Source of Spectrum NP-0-2053-0
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Source of Spectrum EP-3565-0-0
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Source of Spectrum HE-1982-0-0
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Source of Spectrum JZ-1992-519-0
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian CFT-20
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent Dioxane
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Dioxane
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent DIOXANE
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Solvent Unknown
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Solvent Unknown
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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  • Isoheptane
  • Ethylisobutylmethane
  • 2-METHYLHEXAN
  • Hexane, 2-methyl-
  • EINECS 209-730-6
  • NSC 24840
  • D 726
Title Journal or Book Year
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
Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. Chemical shifts for the paraffins through C9 Analytical Chemistry 1971

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