3-Methyl-3-pentanol

3-Methyl-3-pentanol[1]
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name 3-Methylpentan-3-ol
	Other names 3-Methyl-3-pentanol; Diethyl carbinol
Identifiers
CAS Number	77-74-7 [PubChem]=;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL506184 ;
ChemSpider	6248 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.000.959
EC Number	201-053-4;
PubChem CID	6493;
UNII	SR4551FEKB;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID0021755;
	InChI InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-4-6(3,7)5-2/h7H,4-5H2,1-3H3 Key: FRDAATYAJDYRNW-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C6H14O/c1-4-6(3,7)5-2/h7H,4-5H2,1-3H3 Key: FRDAATYAJDYRNW-UHFFFAOYAV;
	SMILES OC(C)(CC)CC;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H14O
Molar mass	102.174 g/mol
Appearance	colorless liquid
Odor	fruity
Density	0.8286 g/cm3 at 20 °C
Melting point	−23.6 °C (−10.5 °F; 249.6 K)
Boiling point	122.4 °C (252.3 °F; 395.5 K)
Solubility in water	45 g/L
Solubility	miscible with ethanol, diethyl ether
Thermochemistry
Heat capacity (C)	293.4 J·mol−1·K−1 (liquid)
Hazards
Safety data sheet	http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9926087
GHS pictograms
GHS Signal word	Warning
GHS hazard statements	H226, H302
GHS precautionary statements	P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P264, P270, P280, P301+312, P303+361+353, P330, P370+378, P403+235, P501
	Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose)	710 mg/kg rat
Related compounds
Related compounds	Hexanol
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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3-Methyl-3-pentanol (IUPAC name: 3-methylpentan-3-ol) is an organic chemical compound and a tertiary hexanol. It is used in the synthesis of the tranquilizer emylcamate.[2]

Synthesis

It can be prepared by reacting ethylmagnesium bromide with methyl acetate in the so-called Grignard reaction using dried diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran as solvent.

Synthesis of 3-Methyl-3-pentanol

It can be prepared also by reacting ethylmagnesium bromide with butanone in the same conditions already mentioned.

Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 3–400, 5–47, 8–106, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
Sittig, Marshall (1988), Pharmaceutical manufacturing encyclopedia, 2 (2 ed.), William Andrew, pp. 555–556, ISBN 978-0-8155-1144-1, retrieved 2010-01-22

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