2,2-Dimethylbutane2,2-Dimethylbutane, trivially known as neohexane at William Odling's 1876 suggestion, is an organic compound with formula C6H14 or (H3C-)3-C-CH2-CH3. It is therefore an alkane, indeed the most compact and branched of the hexane isomers — the only one with a quaternary carbon and a butane (C4) backbone. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article 2,2-Dimethylbutane, revision 1379977539.

Property

Value

Formula

C6H14, 86.18 g/mol

Melting point

-100.15 °C

Boiling point

49.75 °C

Density

0.649 g/cm³

Flash point

-48 °C

log P, measured

3.51

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