1,1'-Biphenyl, 4-methyl-

• Formula: C₁₃H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 168.2344
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C13H12/c1-11-7-9-13(10-8-11)12-5-3-2-4-6-12/h2-10H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZZLCFHIKESPLTH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 644-08-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Biphenyl, 4-methyl-; p-Methylbiphenyl; p-Methyldiphenyl; 4-Methylbiphenyl; 4-Methyldiphenyl; 4-Phenyltoluene; 1-Methyl-4-phenylbenzene; FEMA 3186; 4-Methyl-1,1'-biphenyl; p-Phenyltoluene; (4-Methylphenyl)benzene; NSC 407669
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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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Reduced pressure boiling point

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1300, 2% IN CS2 FOR 1300-650, AND 10% IN CCl4 FOR 650-240 CM^-1) VERSUS SOLVENT; PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Spectrum

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References

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Ribeiro da Silva, Matos, et al., 1997
Ribeiro da Silva, M.A.V.; Matos, M.A.R.; do Rio, C.M.A.; Morais, V.M.F., Thermochemical and theoretical studies of 4-methylbiphenyl, 4,4'-dimethylbiphenyl, 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, J. Chem. Soc. Farad. Trans, 1997, 93, 3061. [all data]

Brull, 1935
Brull, L., Sui calori di combustione di alcuni derivati del bifenil, Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1935, 65, 19-28. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Matos, et al., 1997, 2
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Matos, Agostinha R.; do Rio, Carolina M.A.; Morais, Victor M.F., Thermochemical and theoretical studies of 4-methylbiphenyl, 4,4´-dimethylbiphenyl, 4,4´-dimethyl-2,2´-bipyridine, Faraday Trans., 1997, 93, 17, 3061-3065, https://doi.org/10.1039/a701769c . [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]

Kusakov, et al., 1963
Kusakov, M.M., et al., Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 1963, 182. [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 at standard conditions

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