Naphthalene, 1-butyl-

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 184.2768
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H16/c1-2-3-7-12-9-6-10-13-8-4-5-11-14(12)13/h4-6,8-11H,2-3,7H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: URGSMJLDEFDWNX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1634-09-9
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• Other names: α-Butylnaphthalene; 1-Butylnaphthalene; 1-Naphthyl-1-butane; 1-n-Butylnaphthalene
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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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]

Romadane, 1957
Romadane, I., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1957, 27, 1833. [all data]

Luther, 1955
Luther, H., Private Communication 1955, 1955. [all data]

Hipsher and Wise, 1954
Hipsher, H.F.; Wise, P.H., Dicyclic Hydrocarbons VIII. 1-Alkylnaphthalenes and Some of Their Tetrahydro Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 1747-8. [all data]

Anderson, Smith, et al., 1953
Anderson, D.G.; Smith, J.C.; Rallings, R.J., J. Chem. Soc., 1953, 1953, 443. [all data]

Hipsher and Wise, 1951
Hipsher, H.F.; Wise, P.H., , Nat. Advis. Comm. Aeronaut., Tech. Notes, No. 2430, Lewis Flight Propulsion Lab., Cleveland, OH, 1951. [all data]

Bailey, Pickering, et al., 1949
Bailey, A.S.; Pickering, G.B.; Smith, J.C., Alkylnaphthalenes: III the n-butyl, amyl, and hexylnaphthalenes, J. Inst. Pet., 1949, 35, 103-17. [all data]

Ozatyan, 1948
Ozatyan, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1948, 59, 901. [all data]

Andreev, 1947
Andreev, D.N., Synthesis of Alkylnaphthalenes by Means of Organilithium Compounds, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1947, 17, 1645-50. [all data]

Bargellini and Malacini, 1908
Bargellini, G.; Malacini, G., Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1908, 38, 567. [all data]

Notes

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