Benzene, (methoxymethyl)-

• Formula: C₈H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 122.1644
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H10O/c1-9-7-8-5-3-2-4-6-8/h2-6H,7H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GQKZBCPTCWJTAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 538-86-3
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• Other names: Ether, benzyl methyl; α-Methoxytoluene; Benzyl methyl ether; Methyl benzyl ether; Methoxymethylbenzene; α-Methylbenzyl ether
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

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

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By formula: C₇H₆ + CH₄O = C₈H₁₀O

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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Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Olson, Hipsher, et al., 1947
Olson, W.T.; Hipsher, H.F.; Buess, C.M.; Goodman, I.A.; Hart, I.; Lamneck, J.H.; Gibbons, L.C., The Synthesis and Purification of Ethers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 2451-4. [all data]

Lecat, 1943
Lecat, M., Azeotropes of Ethyl Urethane and other Azeotropes, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1943, 217, 273. [all data]

Perkin, 1896
Perkin, W.H., LXIX. On Magnetic Rotatory Power, especially of Aromatic Compounds, J. Chem. Soc., 1896, 69, 1025-1257. [all data]

Krasnykh, Vasiltsova, et al., 2002
Krasnykh, Eugen L.; Vasiltsova, Tatiana V.; Verevkin, Sergey P.; Heintz, Andreas, Vapor Pressures and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Benzyl Halides and Benzyl Ethers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 6, 1372-1378, https://doi.org/10.1021/je020034h . [all data]

Frinton Laboratories Inc., 1986
Frinton Laboratories Inc., Catalog Number 11, Frinton Laboratories Inc., Vineland, NJ, 1986, 99. [all data]

Billups, Chow, et al., 1973
Billups, W.E.; Chow, W.Y.; Leavell, K.H.; Lewis, E.S.; Margrave, J.L.; Sass, R.L.; Shieh, J.J.; Werness, P.G.; Wood, J.L., Structure and thermochemistry of benzocyclopropenes. Bond fixation and strain energy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 7878-7880. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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