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Al E.
Jan 23, 2018

No, it isn't a stable molecule.

Consider 2,2,2-trimethylpropane,

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The central carbon is #"sp"^3# hybridized, which means it has four hybridized orbitals bonding to (you guessed it) four other orbitals.

In your case, it is binding to five, which is very unstable.

Here are a couple valid constitutional isomers of hexane,

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