Phenol, 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-

• Formula: C₁₁H₁₆O
• Molecular weight: 164.2441
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H16O/c1-8-5-6-10(12)9(7-8)11(2,3)4/h5-7,12H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IKEHOXWJQXIQAG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2409-55-4
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• Other names: p-Cresol, 2-tert-butyl-; o-tert-Butyl-p-cresol; 2-tert-Butyl-p-Cresol; 2-tert-Butyl-4-Methylphenol; 4-Methyl-2-tert-butylphenol; 1-Hydroxy-2-tert-butyl-4-methylbenzene; 2-tert-Butyl-4-methyl-1-phenol; 2-Terc.butyl-p-kresol; 2-t-Butyl-p-cresol; 2-t-Butyl-4-methylphenol; 2-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-phenol; 2-tert-Butyl-4-cresol; 4-Methyl-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol; 4-Methyl-6-t-butylphenol; NSC 60301; 2-(1,1'-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  = 2

By formula: C₇H₈O + C₁₅H₂₄O = 2C₁₁H₁₆O

 +  =

By formula: C₇H₈O + C₄H₈ = C₁₁H₁₆O

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Nesterova, Verevkin, et al., 1985
Nesterova, T.N.; Verevkin, S.P.; Malova, T.N.; Pilshchikov, V.A., Study of an equilibrium of tert-alkylphenols (thermodynamic analysis of the alkylation of phenols by branched olefins), Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1985, 58, 827-833. [all data]

Verevkin, Nesterova, et al., 1984
Verevkin, S.P.; Nesterova, T.N.; Rozhnov, A.M., The equilibrium in the dealkylation of o-t-butyl-p-cresol, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1984, 58, 284. [all data]

Verevkin, Nesterov, et al., 1990
Verevkin, S.P.; Nesterov, O.A.; Rempel, P.D.; Synkova, N.V.; Shashkin, N.P., Chromatographic determination of the products of condensation of alkylphenols with formic aldehyde, Zh. Anal. Khim., 1990, 43, 760-761. [all data]

Aaslyng, Elmore, et al., 1998
Aaslyng, M.D.; Elmore, J.S.; Mottram, D.S., Comparison of the aroma characteristics of acid-hydrolyzed and enzyme-hydrolyzed vegetable proteins produced from soy, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1998, 46, 12, 5225-5231, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf9806816 . [all data]

Mjøs, Meier, et al., 2006
Mjøs, S.A.; Meier, S.; Boitsov, S., Alkylphenol retention indices, J. Chromatogr. A, 2006, 1123, 1, 98-105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2006.05.002 . [all data]

Chung, 1999
Chung, H.Y., Volatile components in crabmeats of Charybdis feriatus, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1999, 47, 6, 2280-2287, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf981027t . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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