Dimethylbutane

Dimethyl butane refers to an alkane, isomeric to hexane, but is actually a butane molecule with two methane atoms bonded in a line instead of one of it's hydrogen atoms. Same as hexane, dimethyl butane has a chemical formula of C₆H₁₄.

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There are two structurally different alkanes which can be named as "dimethyl butane":

• 2,2-Dimethylbutane
• 2,3-Dimethylbutane