Buy Hexane (n-hexane) Cas-110-54-3

Buy Hexane (n-hexane) Cas-110-54-3

Hexane (/ˈhɛkseɪn/) or n-hexane is an organic compound, a straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms and the molecular formula C₆H₁₄.^[7]

Hexane is a colorless liquid, odorless when pure, and with a boiling point of approximately 69 °C (156 °F). It is widely used as a cheap, relatively safe, largely unreactive, and easily evaporated non-polar solvent, and modern gasoline blends contain about 3% hexane.^[8]

The term hexanes refers to a mixture, composed largely (>60%) of n-hexane, with varying amounts of the isomeric compounds 2-methylpentane and 3-methylpentane, and possibly, smaller amounts of nonisomeric C₅, C₆, and C₇ (cyclo)alkanes. These “hexanes” mixtures are cheaper than pure hexane, and are often used in large-scale operations that don’t require a single isomer (e.g., as cleaning solvent or for chromatography).