Molecular properties
- Formula
- C5H12
- Molar mass
- 72.15 g·mol−1
- Exact mass
- 72.0939 Da
- 0
- PubChem CID
- 6556
Molecule record
2-methylbutane
C5H12
72.15 g/mol
Loading structure
Functional groups
Alkane / alkyl carbon
Physical properties
No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.
Common names and synonyms
- (CH3)2CH-CH2-CH3
- (CH3)2CHCH2CH3
- 1,1,2-Trimethylethane
- 1,1-dimethylpropane
- 2-METHYLBUTANE-2-D1
- 2-methylbutane;isopentane
- 201-142-8
- 78-78-4
Show all 24 synonyms
- Butane, 2-methyl-
- CHEBI:30362
- DTXCID305468
- DTXSID8025468
- Dimethylethylmethane
- Ethyldimethylmethane
- ISOPENTANE
- Isoamylhydride
- NSC-119476
- NSC119476
- R-601a
- RefChem:5918
- ZH67814I0O
- iso-C5H12
- iso-Pentane
- methylbutane
Structure identifiers
- Canonical SMILES
- CCC(C)C
- Isomeric SMILES
- CCC(C)C
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C5H12/c1-4-5(2)3/h5H,4H2,1-3H3
- InChIKey
- QWTDNUCVQCZILF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem CID
- 6556
Spectroscopy
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No redistributable or simulated spectroscopy record is attached yet.
Simulated NMR
On-demand educational prediction for 2-methylbutane; not experimental data.
Simulated EI mass spectrum
On-demand educational fragmentation for 2-methylbutane; not experimental data.
Sources
Molecule identity
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