Phenol, 2,3,6-trimethyl-

• Formula: C₉H₁₂O
• Molecular weight: 136.1910
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H12O/c1-6-4-5-7(2)9(10)8(6)3/h4-5,10H,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QQOMQLYQAXGHSU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2416-94-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2,3,6-Trimethylphenol; 1-Hydroxy-2,3,6-trimethylbenzene
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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Baglai, Gurarii, et al., 1988
Baglai, A.K.; Gurarii, L.L.; Kuleshov, G.G., Physical Properties of Compounds Used in Vitamin Synthesis, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1988, 33, 512. [all data]

Gubareva, Bulaeva, et al., 1985
Gubareva, A.I.; Bulaeva, N.V.; Gerasimov, P.A.; Gadzhiev, S.N., Physicochemical propeties of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1985, 58, 191. [all data]

Karr, 1957
Karr, C., , U. S. Bur. Mines, Inform. Circ. IC 7802, 1957. [all data]

Sears and Kitchen, 1949
Sears, W.C.; Kitchen, L.J., Infrared Studies of Hindered Phenols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 4110. [all data]

Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, Sergey P., Thermochemistry of phenols: buttress effects in sterically hindered phenols, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1999, 31, 11, 1397-1416, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.1999.0466 . [all data]

Baglay, Gurariy, et al., 1988
Baglay, A.K.; Gurariy, L.L.; Kuleshov, G.G., Physical properties of compounds used in vitamin synthesis, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1988, 33, 512-518. [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]

Gruzdev, Kuzivanov, et al., 2012
Gruzdev, I.V.; Kuzivanov, I.M.; Zenkevich, I.G.; Kondratenok, B.M., Gas-chromatographic identification of products formed in iodination of methyl phenols by retention indices, Rus. J. Appl. Chem., 2012, 85, 9, 1355-1365, https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070427212090108 . [all data]

Lee, Lee, et al., 2005
Lee, K.-G.; Lee, S.-E.; Takeoka, G.R.; Kim, J.-H.; Park, B.-S., Antioxidant activity and characterization of volatile constituents of beechwood creosote, J. Sci. Food Agric., 2005, 85, 9, 1580-1586, https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2156 . [all data]

Okumura, 1991
Okumura, T., retention indices of environmental chemicals on methyl silicone capillary column, Journal of Environmental Chemistry (Japan), 1991, 1, 2, 333-358, https://doi.org/10.5985/jec.1.333 . [all data]

Czerny, Brueckner, et al., 2011
Czerny, M.; Brueckner, R.; Kirchoff, E.; Schmitt, R.; Buettner, A., The influence of molecular structure on odor qualities and odor detection thresholds of volatile alkylated phenols, Chem. Senses, 2011, 1-15, retrieved from http://chemie.oxfordjournals.org. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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