| Melting point |
−100 °C(lit.) |
| Boiling point |
50 °C(lit.) |
| Density |
0.649 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| vapor density |
2.97 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure |
5.35 psi ( 20 °C) |
| refractive index |
n20/D 1.369(lit.) |
| Flash point |
<−30 °F |
| storage temp. |
Flammables area |
| solubility |
In methanol: 590 and 800 g/L at 5 and 10 °C, respectively. Miscible at higher temperatures (Kiser
et al., 1961). Miscible with other aliphatic hydrocarbons, e.g., pentane, hexane, heptane, etc. |
| pka |
>14 (Schwarzenbach et al., 1993) |
| form |
Liquid |
| color |
Clear colorless to slightly yellow |
| Odor Threshold |
20ppm |
| explosive limit |
~7.7% |
| Water Solubility |
insoluble |
| BRN |
1730736 |
| Henry's Law Constant |
1.69(atm?m3/mol) at 25 °C (Mackay and Shiu, 1981) |
| Exposure limits |
ACGIH TLV: TWA and STEL for all isomers except n-hexane are 500 and
1,000 ppm, respectively (adopted). |
| Dielectric constant |
1.8700000000000001 |
| Stability |
Stable, but may be moisture sensitive. Highly flammable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents. |
| InChI |
1S/C6H14/c1-5-6(2,3)4/h5H2,1-4H3 |
| InChIKey |
HNRMPXKDFBEGFZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES |
CCC(C)(C)C |
| Surface tension |
16.23mN/m at 293.15K |
| CAS DataBase Reference |
75-83-2(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference |
Butane, 2,2-dimethyl-(75-83-2) |
| EPA Substance Registry System |
2,2-Dimethylbutane (75-83-2) |
