Benzophenone

Formula: C₁₃H₁₀O
Molecular weight: 182.2179
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C13H10O/c14-13(11-7-3-1-4-8-11)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RWCCWEUUXYIKHB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 119-61-9
Chemical structure:
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Other names: Methanone, diphenyl-; α-Oxodiphenylmethane; α-Oxoditane; Benzene, benzoyl-; Benzoylbenzene; Diphenyl ketone; Diphenylmethanone; Phenyl ketone; Ketone, diphenyl; alpha-Oxodiphenylmethane; alpha-Oxoditane; Adjutan 6016; Kayacure BP; Diphenyl-methanon; NSC 8077; 1-Benzophenone; Cinnarizine M (benzophenone); Cyclizine M (Benzophenone)
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Normal melting point

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

T_fus (K)	Reference	Comment
320.2	Steele, Chirico, et al., 1994	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
321.6 to 322.	Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982	BS
321.95	Cohen and Aktipis, 1966	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
321.35	Rastogi, Nigam, et al., 1963	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
322.	Serpinskii, Voitkevich, et al., 1958	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
321.1	Dreisbach, 1955	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
321.6	McGrath and Levine, 1955	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
321.15	Lewis and Wright, 1952	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
321.15	Dilke, Eley, et al., 1950	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
321.08	Dreisbach and Martin, 1949	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
321.0	Diepen and Scheffer, 1948	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
320.85	Lee and Warner, 1933	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
321.	Burriel, 1931	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC
321.	Pfeiffer and Adkins, 1931	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
320.99	Marti, 1930	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
321.01	Marti, 1930	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
320.9	Carswell and Adkins, 1928	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
321.65	Jaeger, 1917	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
299.65	Jaeger, 1917	Metastable crystal phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average
321.4	Beck and Ebbinghaus, 1906	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
321.25	Hulett, 1899	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
321.4	Tammann, 1899	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.25 K; TRC
321.15	Bruner, 1894	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
321.2	Eykman, 1889	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC

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References

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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1994
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Smith, N.K., DIPPR project 871. Determination of ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for key compounds. The 1990 project results, Experimental Results for DIPPR 1990-91 Projects on Phase Equilibria and Pure Component Properties, 1994, 1994, DIPPR Data Ser. No. 2, p. 188-215. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Cohen and Aktipis, 1966
Cohen, S.G.; Aktipis, S., Photoreduction of Benzophenone in Methyl 2-Octyl Ether, Effects of Mercaptan, Disulfide, and Oxygen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 3587. [all data]

Rastogi, Nigam, et al., 1963
Rastogi, R.P.; Nigam, R.K.; Sharma, R.N.; Girdhar, H.L., Entropy of Fusion of Molecular Complexes, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 39, 11, 3042, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1734140 . [all data]

Serpinskii, Voitkevich, et al., 1958
Serpinskii, V.V.; Voitkevich, S.A.; Lyuboshits, N.Yu., Trudy Vsesoyuz. Nauch.-Issledovatel. Inst. Sintet. I. Natural. Dushistykh Veshchestv, 1958, 4, 125. [all data]

Dreisbach, 1955
Dreisbach, R.R., Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 15, Am. Chem. Soc.: Washington, D. C., 1955. [all data]

McGrath and Levine, 1955
McGrath, T.F.; Levine, R., The Reactions of Certain Fluorinated and Chlorinated Acetic Acids with Phenyllithium in Refluxing Ether, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 3634. [all data]

Lewis and Wright, 1952
Lewis, R.N.; Wright, J.R., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 1253. [all data]

Dilke, Eley, et al., 1950
Dilke, M.H.; Eley, D.D.; Sheppard, M.G., A survey of heats of mixing of some organic compounds with aluminum chloride, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 261. [all data]

Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A., Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2875-8. [all data]

Diepen and Scheffer, 1948
Diepen, G.A.M.; Scheffer, F.E.C., On Critical Phenomena of Saturated Solutions in Binary Systems, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 4081. [all data]

Lee and Warner, 1933
Lee, H.H.; Warner, J.C., The Systems (I) Diphenyl-Diphenylamine, (II) Diphenyl-Benzophenone and (III) Benzophenone-Diphenylamine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 209. [all data]

Burriel, 1931
Burriel, F., Physico-Chemical Study of Some Solid Organic Compounds at Ordinary Temperatures, and Their COrrelationo with Temperature, An. R. Soc. Esp. Fis. Quim., 1931, 29, 89. [all data]

Pfeiffer and Adkins, 1931
Pfeiffer, G.J.; Adkins, H., The Relation of the Structure of Ketones to Their Reactivity and Affinity in Acetal Formation II., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 1043. [all data]

Marti, 1930
Marti, F.B., Methods and equipment used at the bureau of physico-chemical standards: 3 Physico-chemical properties of some solid organic compounds at normal temperatures, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1930, 39, 590. [all data]

Carswell and Adkins, 1928
Carswell, H.E.; Adkins, H., The Relation of the Structure of Ketones to their Reactivity and Affinity in Acetal Formation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1928, 50, 235. [all data]

Jaeger, 1917
Jaeger, F.M., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1917, 101, 130. [all data]

Beck and Ebbinghaus, 1906
Beck, K.; Ebbinghaus, K., On Transition Temperatures and A Method of Meauring Them, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1906, 39, 3870. [all data]

Hulett, 1899
Hulett, G.A., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1899, 28, 629. [all data]

Tammann, 1899
Tammann, G., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1899, 29, 51. [all data]

Bruner, 1894
Bruner, L., The heats of fusion of some organic compounds, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1894, 27, 2102. [all data]

Eykman, 1889
Eykman, J.F., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1889, 4, 497. [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

T_fus Fusion (melting) point
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