Benzene, (2,2-dimethylpropyl)-

• Formula: C₁₁H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 148.2447
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H16/c1-11(2,3)9-10-7-5-4-6-8-10/h4-8H,9H2,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CJGXJKVMUHXVHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1007-26-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, neopentyl-; Neopentylbenzene; 2,2-Dimethyl-1-phenylpropane
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  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C₁₁H₁₆⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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References

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Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Frinton Laboratories Inc., 1986
Frinton Laboratories Inc., Catalog Number 11, Frinton Laboratories Inc., Vineland, NJ, 1986, 99. [all data]

Ipatieff and Schmerling, 1938
Ipatieff, V.N.; Schmerling, L., Identification of alkylbenzenes: II identification of the eight amylbenzenes and cyclopentylbenzene by means of their mono- and diacetamino and monobenzamino derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 1476-9. [all data]

Bock, Seidl, et al., 1968
Bock, H.; Seidl, H.; Fochler, M., d-Orbitaleffekte in silicium-substituierten π-Elektronensystemen. X. Vertikale Ionisierungsenergien von Alkyl- und Silyl-benzolen, Chem. Ber., 1968, 101, 2815. [all data]

Howell, Goncalves, et al., 1984
Howell, J.O.; Goncalves, J.M.; Amatore, C.; Klasinc, L.; Wightman, R.M.; Kochi, J.K., Electron transfer from aromatic hydrocarbons and their π-complexes with metals. Comparison of the standard oxidation potentials and vertical ionization potentials, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 3968. [all data]

Schweig, Weidner, et al., 1974
Schweig, A.; Weidner, U.; Manuel, G., Theory and application of photoelectron spectroscopy. XLIV. A quantitative account of hyperconjugation in allyl and benzyl compounds of elements of Group IVB, J. Organomet. Chem., 1974, 67, 4. [all data]

Distefano, Pignataro, et al., 1974
Distefano, G.; Pignataro, S.; Ricci, A.; Colonna, F.P.; Pietropaolo, D., Interactions of π-orbitals with the group IV elements studied by ionization energy measurements, Ann. Chim., 1974, 64, 153. [all data]

Bischof, Dewar, et al., 1974
Bischof, P.K.; Dewar, M.J.S.; Goodman, D.W.; Jones, T.B., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. VI. Hyperconjugation versus p_π-d_π bonding in group IVb compounds, J. Organomet. Chem., 1974, 82, 89. [all data]

Nagy, Reffy, et al., 1967
Nagy, J.; Reffy, J.; Kuszmann-Borbely, A.; Palossy-Becker, K., Bond structure in the aryl derivatives of the elements of group IV/1, J. Organomet. Chem., 1967, 7, 393-404. [all data]

Notes

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