6456. Neopentane
Nomenclature
CAS number: 463-82-1
2,2-Dimethylpropane; tetramethylmethane. C5H12; mol wt 72.15.
C 83.23%, H 16.76%.
Description and references
Found in petr naphtha. Prepn from tert-butyl iodide and dimethylzinc: Lwow, Z. Chem. 1870, 520; cf. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 54, 3460 (1932); from butylmagnesium iodide and dimethyl sulfate in ether: Ferrario, Fagetti, Gaz. Chim. 38, II, 663 (1908); from amylene vapor and hydrogen in presence of an electric discharge: ibid. 62, 621 (1932); by passing pentanes over aluminum chloride at 140°, J. Gen. Chem. USSR 14, 343 (1944), C.A. 39, 3783 (1945); from neopentylmagnesium chloride and water: Whitmore et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 56, 749 (1934).
