Benzene, 1,4-bis(1-methylethyl)-

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 162.2713
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H18/c1-9(2)11-5-7-12(8-6-11)10(3)4/h5-10H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SPPWGCYEYAMHDT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-18-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, p-diisopropyl-; p-Diisopropylbenzene; 1,4-Diisopropylbenzene; 1,4-Bis(1-methylethyl)benzene; 4-Isopropylcumene; Benzene, 1,4-di-(1-methylethyl); Benzene, 1,4-diisopropyl-
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Ionization energy determinations

References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Melpolder, Woodbridge, et al., 1948
Melpolder, F.W.; Woodbridge, J.E.; Headington, C.E., The isolation and physical properties of the diisopropyl- benzenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 935-9. [all data]

Newton, 1943
Newton, A., Polyisopropylbenzenes: I preparation and properties of two di-, two tri-, and one tetra-isopropylbenzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 320-3. [all data]

Toussaint and Hennion, 1940
Toussaint, N.F.; Hennion, G.F., Alkylation of Benzene with Alcohols, Boron Fluoride, and Assistants, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 1145. [all data]

O'Connor and Sowa, 1938
O'Connor, M.J.; Sowa, F.J., Organic Reactions with Boron Fluoride XVIII. The Reaction of ethers with Benzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 125. [all data]

McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959
McDonald, R.A.; Shrader, S.A.; Stull, D.R., Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of 30 Organics, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 311. [all data]

Streiff, Hulme, et al., 1955
Streiff, A.J.; Hulme, A.R.; Cowie, P.A.; Krouskop, N.C.; Rossini, F.D., Purification, Purity, and Freezing Points of Sixty-four American Petroleum Institute Standard and Research Hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1955, 27, 411. [all data]

Glaser and Ruland, 1957
Glaser, F.; Ruland, H., Untersuchungsen über dampfdruckkurven und kritische daten einiger technisch wichtiger organischer substanzen, Chem. Ing. Techn., 1957, 29, 772. [all data]

Verekin, 1998
Verekin, S.P., Thermochemical properties of isopropylbenzenes, Thermochim. Acta, 1998, 316, 131-136. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Cowell, A.B.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Thermodynamic Properties and Ideal-Gas Enthalpies of Formation for 1,4-Diisopropylbenzene, 1,2,4,5-Tetraisopropylbenzene, Cyclohexanone Oxime, Dimethyl Malonate, Glutaric Acid, and Pimelic Acid, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 725-739, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010088b . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959, 2
McDonald, R.A.; Shrader, S.A.; Stull, D.R., Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of Thirty Pure Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 4, 311-313, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60004a009 . [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Bock, Kaim, et al., 1978
Bock, H.; Kaim, W.; Rohwer, H.E., Die hyperkonjugative Stabilisierung von p-Xylol-Radikalkationen durch (H₃C)₃Si-Substituenten, Chem. Ber., 1978, 111, 3573. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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