Why would whiskey have any octane at all in it?
As AL has pointed out, octane most certainly IS a substance, and in fact an ingredient in gasoline.
Your mistake was trying to understand what P.F. was saying.
“My understanding of his question was that he believed that without octane whiskey wouldn’t burn.”
“In the context of his question, I believe he was alluding to octane rating rather than the chemical compound.”
So which interpretation were you going with?
“Whiskey have enough octane to run an engine?”
Maybe we could get some input from someone who’s run alcohol dragsters.
Alright, everybody, aren’t we leaving out the ultimate anti-knock index ever known to Mankind:
Mid-sixties, I think. Cold war. I think the US had, like a 100 megaton hydrogen bomb, & I remember my 6th grade teacher telling us about Russia’s “can you top this” 500 megaton weapon. It seems like Mobil was subliminally scaring us into buying their product! Haha, little humor there.
I’ve got eyes on the still right now. No worries.
“Octane is not a substance, it’s a measurement. See the link in my post above.”
Yeah. Sure. “But Officer, it’s not a substance!”
Don’t they teach this stuff in high-school anymore?
Octane has 18 structural isomers (24 including stereoisomers):
* Octane (n-octane)
* 2-Methylheptane
* 3-Methylheptane (2 enantiomers)
* 4-Methylheptane
* 3-Ethylhexane
* 2,2-Dimethylhexane
* 2,3-Dimethylhexane (2 enantiomers)
* 2,4-Dimethylhexane (2 enantiomers)
* 2,5-Dimethylhexane
* 3,3-Dimethylhexane
* 3,4-Dimethylhexane (2 enantiomers + 1 meso compound)
* 3-Ethyl-2-methylpentane
* 3-Ethyl-3-methylpentane
* 2,2,3-Trimethylpentane (2 enantiomers)
* 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane (isooctane)
* 2,3,3-Trimethylpentane
* 2,3,4-Trimethylpentane
* 2,2,3,3-TetramethylbutaneThe first thing they’d tell you is they don’t use whiskey. The second thing is there’s no octane in whiskey. So there’s no need for their input.
Plus you only buy it 750ml at a time - -and that’s enough to send you and several of your friends on a world class bender if you’re so inclined. Takes much less booze to fuel a drunk session than it does to fuel a car 
C’mon guys, be gentle. After all, I AM the one that posted the link to the definition!
No. Lie. You posted a link to an article about octane rating.
What I posted was a link to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia definition, not an article. Perhaps you should have opened and read the link before calling me a liar. I do not appreciate that. Nor do I appreciate your other sarcastic comments.
I’m trying to be nice here. But you’re testing my patience.