N Hexane

We are offering n-hexane. hexane ˈhɛkseɪn is an alkane of six carbon atoms, with the chemical formula c6h14. the term may refer to any of the five structural isomers with that formula, or to a mixture of them.in iupac nomenclature, however, hexane is the unbranched isomer (n-hexane); the other four structures are named as methylated derivatives of pentane and butane. Iupac also uses the term as the root of many compounds with a linear six-carbon backbone, such as 2-methylhexane (c7h16), which is also called "isoheptane". hexanes are significant constituents of gasoline. They are all colorless liquids at room temperature, with boiling points between 50 and 70 °c, with gasoline-like odor. They are widely used as cheap, relatively safe, largely unreactive, and easily evaporated non-polar solvents. in industry, hexanes are used in the formulation of glues for shoes, leather products, and roofing. They are also used to extract cooking oils from seeds, for cleansing and degreasing a variety of items, and in textile manufacturing. a typical laboratory use of hexanes is to extract oil and grease contaminants from water and soil for analysis.[3] since hexane cannot be easily deprotonated, it is used in the laboratory for reactions that involve very strong bases, such as the preparation of organolithiums, e.g. Butyllithiums are typically supplied as a hexane solution. in many applications (especially pharmaceutical), the use of n-hexane is being phased out due to its long term toxicity, and often replaced by n-heptane, which will not form the toxic metabolite hexane-2,5-dione.