Pinacolyl alcohol

Pinacolyl alcohol^[1]
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name 3,3-Dimethylbutan-2-ol
	Other names 3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol
Identifiers
CAS Number	464-07-3 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image; Interactive image;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL457417 ;
ChemSpider	9650 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.006.681
PubChem CID	10045;
UNII	5BV6T1107J ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10861947 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-5(7)6(2,3)4/h5,7H,1-4H3 Key: DFOXKPDFWGNLJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
	SMILES CC(C)(C)C(C)O; OC(C)C(C)(C)C;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H14O
Molar mass	102.177 g·mol−1
Density	0.8122 g/cm3
Melting point	5.6 °C (42.1 °F; 278.8 K)
Boiling point	120.4 °C (248.7 °F; 393.5 K)
Solubility in water	25 g/L
Solubility	very soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether
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Pinacolyl alcohol (also known as 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-ol and as pine alcohol) is one of the isomeric hexanols and a secondary alcohol.

Pinacolyl alcohol appears on the List of Schedule 2 substances of the Chemical Weapons Convention as a precursor for the nerve agent soman.

References

^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 3–214, 8–106, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2