1,2-Benzenediol, 3-methyl-

• Formula: C₇H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 124.1372
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H8O2/c1-5-3-2-4-6(8)7(5)9/h2-4,8-9H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PGSWEKYNAOWQDF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 488-17-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Pyrocatechol, 3-methyl-; 1,2-Dihydroxy-3-methylbenzene; 2,3-Dihydroxytoluene; 3-Methyl-1,2-benzenediol; 3-Methyl-1,2-dihydroxybenzene; 3-Methylcatechol; 3-Methylpyrocatechol; Catechol, 3-methyl-; 2,3-Toluenediol; 2-Hydroxy-3-methylphenol; NSC 66523; 3-Methyl-1,2-benzenediol (3-methylpyrocatechol); Dihydroxytoluene (Related)
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Ribeiro Da Silva and Ribeiro Da Silva, 1984
Ribeiro Da Silva, M.D.M.C.; Ribeiro Da Silva, M.A.V., Enthalpies of combustion of 1,2-dihydroxybenzene and of six alkylsubstituted 1,2-dihydroxybenzenes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1984, 16, 1149-1155. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Ribeiro da Silva, et al., 1984
Ribeiro da Silva, M.A.V.; Ribeiro da Silva, M.D.M.C.; Pilcher, G., The construction, calibration and use of a new high-precision static-bomb calorimeter, Rev. Port. Quim., 1984, 26, 163-172. [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]

Carson, 1984
Carson, A.S., The molar enthalpy of dehydration of Cr2(O2CCH3)4·2H2O(cr) and the molar enthalpies of sublimation of Cr2(O2CCH3)4(cr), Mo2(O2CCH3)4(cr), and Mo2(O2CCF3)4(cr), The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1984, 16, 5, 427-429, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(84)90198-8 . [all data]

de Simon, Estruelas, et al., 2009
de Simon, B.F.; Estruelas, E.; Munoz, A.M.; Cadahia, E.; Sanz, M., Volatile compounds in acacia, chestnut, cherry, ash, and oak woods, with a view to their use in cooperage, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2009, 57, 8, 3217-3227, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf803463h . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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