Isopentane

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Isopentane

Isopentane, C₅

Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element with chemical symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalence?making four electrons available to form covalent bond chemical bonds....
H₁₂

Hydrogen

Hydrogen is the chemical element with atomic number 1. It is represented by the chemical symbol H. At standard temperature and pressure, hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, nonmetallic, tasteless, highly combustion and explosive Diatomic molecule gas with the molecular formula H2....
, also called methylbutane or 2-methylbutane, is a branched-chain alkane

Alkane

Alkanes, also known as paraffins, are chemical compounds that consist only of the elements carbon and hydrogen , wherein these atoms are linked together exclusively by single bonds without any cyclic structure ....
with five carbon

Carbon

Volatility (chemistry)

Volatility in the context of chemistry, physics and thermodynamics is a measure of the tendency of a substance to vaporize. It has also been defined as a measure of how readily a substance vaporizes....
and extremely flammable liquid at room temperature

Temperature

In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature....
and pressure

Pressure

Pressure is the force per unit area applied to an object in a direction surface normal to the surface. Gauge pressure is the pressure relative to the local atmospheric or ambient pressure....
. The normal boiling point is just a few degrees above room temperature and isopentane will readily boil and evaporate away on a warm day. Isopentane is commonly used in conjunction with liquid nitrogen

Liquid nitrogen

Liquid nitrogen is a liquefied atmospheric gas produced industrially in large quantities by fractional distillation of liquid air. It is pure nitrogen in a liquid state at very low temperature....
to achieve a liquid bath temperature of -160 °C.

entane is the name recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is a non-governmental organization established in 1919 for the advancing of chemistry. Its members are national chemistry societies....
(IUPAC) in its 1993 Recommendations for the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry.

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Nomenclature

Isopentane is the name recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Isomers

Isopentane is one of three structural isomers

Structural isomerism

Structural isomerism, or constitutional isomerism, is a form of isomer in which molecules with the same molecular formula have atoms bonded together in different orders, as opposed to stereoisomerism....
with the molecular formula C₅H₁₂, the others being pentane

Pentane

Pentane is any or one of the organic compounds with the chemical formula C5H12. This alkane is a component of some fuels and is employed as a specialty solvent in the laboratory....
and neopentane

Neopentane

Neopentane, also called dimethylpropane or 2,2-dimethylpropane, is a double-branched-chain alkane with five carbon atoms. Neopentane is an extremely flammable gas at room temperature and pressure which can condense into a highly Volatility liquid on a cold day, in an ice bath, or when compressed to a higher pressure....
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External links

(online version of the "Blue Book")