Pivaldehyde
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| Names | |
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| IUPAC name
Pivaldehyde
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| Systematic IUPAC name
2,2-Dimethylpropanal | |
| Other names
Trimethylacetaldehyde
Pivalaldehyde Neopentanal Neopentaldehyde | |
| Identifiers | |
| ChemSpider | |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.010.123 |
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| Properties | |
| (CH3)3CCHO | |
| Molar mass | 86.13 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Pivaldehyde is an organic compound, more specifically an aldehyde. Shown in the image is a line-angle representation of this organic aldehyde, whose systematic name, 2,2-dimethylpropanal, is based on the longest carbon chain (three carbons), ending in "-al" to indicate the aldehyde functionality, and where another descriptive synonym is trimethylacetaldehyde.[1] Pivaldehyde is an example of an aldehyde with a sterically bulky R group, the tertiary-butyl group (with 3 methyl groups, at lower left in the image), attached to the carbonyl, >C=O. By definition, the other "group", R', is a hydrogen (H) atom, shown here pointing directly upward.
References
- ^ Pubchem. "Trimethylacetaldehyde". nih.gov. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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