Title: Amylene Dichloride

CAS Registry Number: 507-45-9

CAS Name: 2,3-Dichloro-2-methylbutane

Additional Names: tert-amylene dichloride; trimethylethylene dichloride

Molecular Formula: C5H10Cl2

Molecular Weight: 141.04

Percent Composition: C 42.58%, H 7.15%, Cl 50.27%

Literature References: Prepd from trimethylethylene (2-methyl-2-butene) by treatment with Cl2 or SO2Cl2: DE 251100 (1911); DE 258555 (1912); from neopentyl iodide and chlorine: Beringer, Schultz, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 77, 5533 (1955).

 

Derivative Type: dl-Form

Properties: Liquid. d415 1.0696. bp760 138°; bp20 37°. nD18 1.4450. Insol in water. Sol in alcohol, ether.

Boiling point: bp760 138°; bp20 37°

Index of refraction: nD18 1.4450

Density: d415 1.0696

 

 

Status: This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.