2-Methyloctadecane

Base Information

• Chemical Name: 2-Methyloctadecane
• CAS No.: 1560-88-9
• Molecular Formula: C₁₉H₄₀
• Molecular Weight: 268.527
• Hs Code.: 2901100000
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID50166024
• Nikkaji Number: J112.393I
• Wikidata: Q83035264
• Metabolomics Workbench ID: 5048
• Mol file: 1560-88-9.mol

Synonyms:2-METHYLOCTADECANE;1560-88-9;Octadecane, 2-methyl-;AI3-35195;DTXSID50166024;LMFA11000350;FT-0633666

Chemical Property of 2-Methyloctadecane

Chemical Property:

• Vapor Pressure: 0.000706mmHg at 25°C
• Melting Point: 15°C
• Refractive Index: 1.4376
• Boiling Point: 317.7°Cat760mmHg
• Flash Point: 115°C
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 0.783g/cm³
• LogP: 7.51380
• XLogP3: 10.2
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 15
• Exact Mass: 268.313001276
• Heavy Atom Count: 19
• Complexity: 148

Purity/Quality:

99%min ^*data from raw suppliers

2-Methyloctadecane 98% ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Other Classes -> Aliphatics, Saturated (>C11)
• Canonical SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(C)C

Technology Process of 2-Methyloctadecane

There total 11 articles about 2-Methyloctadecane which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

methyl 16-hydroxy-(E)-9-hexadecenoate (78924-81-9) → 2-methyloctadecane (1560-88-9)

Guidance literature:

Multi-step reaction with 8 steps

3: dimethyl sulphoxide

5: hydrogen

6: lithium aluminium hydride

8: sodium iodide, zinc

With lithium aluminium tetrahydride; hydrogen; dimethyl sulfoxide; sodium iodide; zinc;

Reference yield:

Methyl 16-tosyloxy-(E)-9-hexadecenoate (84042-37-5) → 2-methyloctadecane (1560-88-9)

Guidance literature:

Multi-step reaction with 7 steps

2: dimethyl sulphoxide

4: hydrogen

5: lithium aluminium hydride

7: sodium iodide, zinc

With lithium aluminium tetrahydride; hydrogen; dimethyl sulfoxide; sodium iodide; zinc;

Reference yield:

17-methyl-1,16-bis-(toluene-4-sulfonyloxy)-octadecane → 2-methyloctadecane (1560-88-9)

Guidance literature:

With sodium iodide; zinc;

upstream raw materials:

2-iodo-propane

1-iodohexadecane

hexadecylmagnesium bromide

acetone

Refernces

• 1、 Subramanian, G. B. V.,Mehrotra, Kalpana. "A Convenient Synthesis of 2-Methylheptadecane, the Tiger Moth Pheromone from Aleuritic Acid". . p. 665. Retrieved 2007/10/02.