Chemical Properties
Clear, colorless, watery, flammable liquid with a faint hydrocarbon odor resembling gasoline or
similarly structured alkanes, e.g., 3-methyloctane.
Uses
Gasoline component; organic synthesis.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 103, p. 7672, 1981
DOI: 10.1021/ja00415a055
Environmental Fate
Chemical/Physical. Complete combustion of 4-methyloctane in air produces carbon dioxide and water vapor. 4-Methyloctane will not hydrolyze because it does not contain a hydrolyzable
functional group.