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 |  | 2,3-Dimethylpentane Basic information |  
 | Product Name: | 2,3-Dimethylpentane |  | Synonyms: | 1,2,3-TRIMETHYLBUTANE;2-ETHYL-3-METHYLBUTANE;3,4-DIMETHYLPENTANE;2,3-DIMETHYLPENTANE;ALKANE C7;2,3-DIMETHYLPENTANE, 99+%;2,3-DIMETHYLPENTANE, STANDARD FOR GC;2,3-Dimethylpentane,97% |  | CAS: | 565-59-3 |  | MF: | C7H16 |  | MW: | 100.2 |  | EINECS: | 209-280-0 |  | Product Categories: | Alkanes;Organic  Building  Blocks;Alphabetic;D;DID  -  DINChemical  Class;Hydrocarbons;Neats;Acyclic |  | Mol File: | 565-59-3.mol |    |  
  
 |  | 2,3-Dimethylpentane Chemical Properties |  
 | Melting point  | -107.55°C (estimate) |  | Boiling point  | 89-90 °C (lit.) |  | density  | 0.695 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |  | vapor density  | 3.45 (vs air) |  | vapor pressure  | 2.35 psi ( 37.7 °C) |  | refractive index  | n20/D 1.392(lit.) |  | Fp  | 20 °F |  | storage temp.  | Flammables area |  | solubility  | Soluble in acetone, alcohol, benzene, chloroform, and ether (Weast, 1986) |  | form  | Liquid |  | pka | >14 (Schwarzenbach et al., 1993) |  | color  | Colorless to Almost colorless |  | explosive limit | ~7% |  | Odor Threshold | 4.5ppm |  | Water Solubility  | Insoluble in water. |  | BRN  | 1718734 |  | Henry's Law Constant | 1.72(atm?m3/mol) at 25 °C (Mackay and Shiu, 1981) |  | Exposure limits | ACGIH: TWA 400 ppm; STEL 500 ppm |  | CAS DataBase Reference | 565-59-3(CAS DataBase Reference) |  | EPA Substance Registry System | 2,3-Dimethylpentane (565-59-3) |  
  
 |  | 2,3-Dimethylpentane Usage And Synthesis |  
 | Chemical Properties | clear colorless liquid |  | Physical properties | Clear, colorless, flammable liquid with an odor resembling hexane. An odor threshold
concentration of 4.5 ppmv was reported by Nagata and Takeuchi (1990). |  | Uses | It is used in the liquid-phase oxidation of 2,4-dimethylpentane and in a study on the preparation and the physical constants of a number of alkanes and cycloalkanes. |  | General Description | 2,3-Dimethylpentane belongs to the class of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). |  | Source | In diesel engine exhaust at a concentration of 0.9% of emitted hydrocarbons (quoted,
Verschueren, 1983). Schauer et al. (1999) reported 2,3-dimethylpentane in a diesel-powered
medium-duty truck exhaust at an emission rate of 720 μg/km. 
California Phase II reformulated gasoline contained 2,3-dimethylpentane at a concentration of
29.4 g/kg. Gas-phase tailpipe emission rates from gasoline-powered automobiles with and without
catalytic converters were 5.34 and 714 mg/km, respectively (Schauer et al., 2002). |  | Environmental fate | Photolytic. A photooxidation rate constant of 3.4 x 10-12 cm3/molecule?sec was reported for the
gas-phase reaction of 2,3-dimethylpentane and OH radicals (Atkinson, 1990). 
Chemical/Physical. Complete combustion in air yields carbon dioxide and water vapor. 2,3-
Dimethylpentane will not hydrolyze because it has no hydrolyzable functional group. |  
  
 |  | 2,3-Dimethylpentane Preparation Products And Raw materials |  
 | Raw materials | 2,3-DIMETHYL-1-PENTENE-->2,3,3-TRIMETHYL-1-BUTENE-->2,2,3-TRIMETHYLBUTANE-->ISOBUTANE |  | Preparation Products | 3,4-DIMETHYL-1-PENTENE-->CIS-3,4-DIMETHYL-2-PENTENE-->2,4-DIMETHYLPENTANE-->2,3,3-TRIMETHYLPENTANE |  
  
 
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