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
• Chemical structure:
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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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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  = 2

By formula: C₇H₈O + C₁₅H₂₄O = 2C₁₁H₁₆O

 +  =

By formula: C₇H₈O + C₄H₈ = C₁₁H₁₆O

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Stewart, 2004
Stewart, J.J.P., Comparison of the accuracy of semiempirical and some DFT methods for predicting heats of formation, J. Mol. Model, 2004, 10, 1, 6-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-003-0157-6 . [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]

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]

Witschonke, 1954
Witschonke, C.R., Freezing point and purity data for some organic compounds, Anal. Chem., 1954, 26, 562-4. [all data]

Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, S.P., Thermochemistry of phenols: quantification of theortho-,para-, andmeta-interactions in tert-alkyl substituted phenols, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1999, 31, 5, 559-585, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.1998.0459 . [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]

Stage, Müller, et al., 1953
Stage, H.; Müller, E.; Faldix, P., Erdol u Kohle, 1953, 6, 375. [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Aihara, 1960
Aihara, Ariyuki, Estimation of the Energy of Hydrogen Bonds Formed in Crystals. II. Phenols, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1960, 33, 2, 194-200, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.33.194 . [all data]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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