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Neopentane is the simplest alkane with a quaternary carbon, and has achiral tetrahedral symmetry. It is one of the three structural isomers with the molecular formula C 5 H 12 , the other two being n-pentane and isopentane. Out of these three, it is the only one to be a gas at standard conditions; the others are liquids.
Neopentyl alcohol can be prepared from the hydroperoxide of diisobutylene. [3] It can also be prepared by the reduction of trimethylacetic acid with lithium aluminium hydride . Neopentyl alcohol was the first described in 1891 by L. Tissier, who prepared it by reduction of a mixture of trimethyl acetic acid and trimethylacetyl chloride with ...
Pentaerythritol is an organic compound with the formula C(CH 2 OH) 4. The molecular structure can be described as a neopentane with one hydrogen atom in each methyl group replaced by a hydroxyl (–OH) group. It is therefore a polyol, specifically a tetrol. Pentaerythritol is a white solid.
Due to steric hindrance of the adjacent neopentyl-like moiety, PETN is resistant to attack by many chemical reagents; it does not hydrolyze in water at room temperature or in weaker alkaline aqueous solutions. Water at 100 °C or above causes hydrolysis to dinitrate; presence of 0.1% nitric acid accelerates the reaction.
Neopentylamine is an organic compound with the molecular formula (CH 3) 3 CCH 2 NH 2. It is a colorless liquid. The molecule is the primary amine derivative of neopentane, (CH 3) 4 C. Like most alkyl amines, it degrades slowly in air. [1]
Structural formula of neopentane (quaternary carbon is highlighted red) A quaternary carbon is a carbon atom bound to four other carbon atoms. [ 1 ] For this reason, quaternary carbon atoms are found only in hydrocarbons having at least five carbon atoms.
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The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which is used as a drug and is the main alcohol present in alcoholic drinks. The suffix -ol appears in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) chemical name of all substances where the hydroxyl group is the functional group with the ...