Benzenemethanol, α,α-dimethyl-

• Formula: C₉H₁₂O
• Molecular weight: 136.1910
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C9H12O/c1-9(2,10)8-6-4-3-5-7-8/h3-7,10H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BDCFWIDZNLCTMF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 617-94-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: α-Cumyl alcohol; 2-Phenylisopropanol; Benzyl alcohol, α,α-dimethyl-; α,α-Dimethylbenzyl alcohol; Dimethylphenylcarbinol; Dimethylphenylmethanol; 1-Hydroxycumene; 2-Phenyl-2-propanol; 2-Propanol, 2-phenyl-; α,α-Dimethylbenzenemethanol; Phenyldimethylcarbinol; 1-Methyl-1-phenylethanol; 2-phenylpropan-2-ol; 2-Hydroxy-2-phenylpropane; NSC 1261; NSC 212537
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Condensed 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
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

References

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Van-Chin-Syan, Dolbneva, et al., 1984
Van-Chin-Syan, Yu.Ya.; Dolbneva, T.N.; Dikii, M.A.; Cuchmarev, S.K., Thermochemistry of derivatives of isopropylbenzene and p-diisopropylbenzene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1984, 58, 1783-1785. [all data]

Dolbneva, Dikii, et al., 1984
Dolbneva, T.N.; Dikii, M.A.; Wang, C.H.; Gevus, O.I., Thermodynamic properties of derivatives of diisopropylbenzene, Deposited Document, SPSTL 293 Khp-D₈₂. Chem. Abst. 101:22824c, 1984, 1-6. [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]

Dolbneva, Dikii, et al., 1982
Dolbneva, T.N.; Dikii, M.A.; Van-Chin-Syan, Yu.Ya.; Gevus, O.I., Thermodynamic properties of diisopropylbenzene derivatives, Deposited Doc. ONIITEkhim Cherkassy, 1982, Doc. No. 293 khp - 82, 1982. [all data]

Welsh and Drake, 1938
Welsh, L.H.; Drake, N.L., The Condensation of Tertiary Aryl Substituted Carbinos with Phenol in the Presence of Aluminum Chloride, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 59. [all data]

Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, Sergey P., Strain Effects in Phenyl-Substituted Methanes. Geminal Interaction between Phenyl and the Electron-Releasing Substituent in Benzylamines and Benzyl Alcohols, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 6, 1245-1251, https://doi.org/10.1021/je990118z . [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid 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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