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128511

Sigma-Aldrich

2,2,4,4,6,8,8-Heptamethylnonane

98%

Synonym(s):

HMN

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3CCH2CH(CH3)CH2C(CH3)2CH2C(CH3)3
CAS Number:
4390-04-9
Molecular Weight:
226.44
EC Number:
224-506-8
MDL number:
MFCD00008856
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24847862
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

7.9 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

98%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.439 (lit.)

bp

240 °C (lit.)

density

0.793 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(CC(C)(C)C)CC(C)(C)CC(C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C16H34/c1-13(10-14(2,3)4)11-16(8,9)12-15(5,6)7/h13H,10-12H2,1-9H3

InChI key

VCLJODPNBNEBKW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

2,2,4,4,6,8,8-Heptamethylnonane was used to study the effects of loading and aging pyrene in soils. It was also used to study its long term effect on the cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) of a hexane-degrading Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain and a toluene-degrading Pseudomonas putida strain.

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Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H304

Precautionary Statements

P301 + P310 - P331 - P405 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Asp. Tox. 1

Supplementary Hazards

EUH066

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

215.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

102 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Listings

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FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 3 petroleums
Hazardous rank III
Water insoluble liquid

JAN Code

128511-100G:
128511-BULK:
128511-VAR:
128511-25G:

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J Harder et al.
Biodegradation, 11(1), 55-63 (2001-02-24)
Plant volatile organic compounds are a major carbon source in nature. We studied the degradability of these substances by anaerobic microorganisms in enrichment cultures with representative essential oils as organic substrates and nitrate as electron acceptor. Lemon and pine needle
Maike F Dohrn et al.
Current opinion in neurology, 33(5), 568-574 (2020-08-17)
Hereditary motor neuropathies (HMN) comprise a broad genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of rare, progressively disabling diseases manifesting with length-dependent muscle weakness and atrophy. To date, more than half of the cases cannot be genetically explained. To provide symptomatic and disease-modifying
Paulius Palaima et al.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 14(1), 197-197 (2019-08-16)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by wide clinical, genetic and pathomechanistic heterogeneity. Recently, the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein 2 (PMP2) was identified as a novel cause for CMT neuropathy with three mutations that
T Ikeda et al.
Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems, 18(11), 1271-1280 (1988-11-01)
1. Exposure of rats to 1% (w/w) of 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane in the diet for 2 weeks resulted in marked induction of liver peroxisome proliferation as judged from electron micrography, elevated activities of hepatic catalase (36%), cyanide-insensitive palmitoyl-CoA oxidase (10-fold), carnitine acetyl
Kathlyn M Kirkwood et al.
Biodegradation, 19(6), 785-794 (2008-02-27)
Mixed bacterial cultures aerobically transformed decalin (decahydronaphthalene) dissolved in an immiscible carrier phase (heptamethylnonane; HMN) in liquid medium. Conversion was enhanced in the presence of decane, a readily degraded n-alkane, and/or HMN. Four Rhodococcus spp. isolates purified from one of
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