Hexane sds is an organic compound, a straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms with the molecular formula C6H14. It is an odorless and colorless liquid, when pure, and it has a boiling point of approximately 69 °C (156 °F). It can be used widely as a relatively safe, largely unreactive, cheap, and easily evaporated non-polar solvent.

Hexane sds is a significant gasoline constituent. At times, it refers to a mixture, which is composed largely ( 60%) of hexane sds, with differential amounts of the isomeric compounds: 2-methyl pentane, 3-methyl pentane, and, possibly, the smaller amounts of non-isomeric C5, C6, C7 alkanes (cyclo). Hexane sds is one of the cheaper compounds and is often used in large-scale operations without requiring a single isomer (a cleaning solvent or for chromatography, as an example).

The other names of hexane sds can be given as 1-Hexanol, Amyl Carbinol, 1-Hydroxyhexane, and Hexyl alcohol.
The physical properties of Hexane sds- C6H14 are as follows.
Hexane sds compound undergoes a combustion reaction readily to produce water and carbon dioxide molecules. The chemical reaction is given below.

2C6H14 + 19O2 → 12CO2 + 14H2O

Hexane, being the higher hydrocarbon, undergoes thermal cracking produces more than one hydrocarbon.

C6H14 (by thermal cracking) → C4H10 (called butane) + C2H4 (called ethene)

Hexane Structure - C6H14

The structure of Hexane sds can be represented as follows.
Hexanes are obtained chiefly by crude oil refining. This fraction's exact composition largely depends on the oil source (reformed or crude) and the refining constraints. The industrial product (in general, around 50% by straight-chain isomer weight) is given as the fraction boiling at 65-70 °C (149-158 °F).
Industrially, hexanes can be used in the formulation of glues for shoes, roofing, and leather products. They can also be used to extract cooking oils (like soy oil or canola oil) from seeds, for degreasing and cleaning a variety of items, and in the manufacturing of textiles. Commonly, in the United States, they are used in food-based soybean oil extraction, and also they are potentially present as contaminants in all those soy food products where the technique can be used; the lack of regulation by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, the USA) of this contaminant is some controversy matter.

One of the typical laboratory hexanes used is to extract grease and oil contaminants from water and soil for analysis. Since the hexane sds solvent or hexane sds compound cannot be easily deprotonated, it can be used in the laboratory for reactions, involving the stronger bases, like the organolithiums preparation. As an example, typically, butyllithiums are supplied as a hexane sds solution.

In general, hexanes are used as a non-polar solvent in chromatography. Higher alkanes exist as impurities in hexanes that contain the same retention times as that of solvent, which means that the fractions containing hexane sds also contain these impurities. In the case of preparative chromatography, the large volume of hexane sds concentration can result in a sample, which is appreciably contaminated by alkanes. This can result in a solid compound being obtained as an oil, and the alkanes may interfere with the analysis.