Hexamethylethane, 2, 2, 3, 3-tetramethylbutane, is of great interest, not only because of its unusual physical properties, but because it is the simplest compound containing two “neo” carbon atoms, that is, two carbons joined only to other carbon atoms. It has been shown that compounds containing such an atom are susceptible to rearrangement and that the products of rearrangement can be predicted. 2 Since no compound with two “neo” atoms has been ...
