Methyl benzilate

• Formula: C₁₅H₁₄O₃
• Molecular weight: 242.2699
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C15H14O3/c1-18-14(16)15(17,12-8-4-2-5-9-12)13-10-6-3-7-11-13/h2-11,17H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LJFIHTFNTGQZJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 76-89-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzeneacetic acid, α-hydroxy-α-phenyl-, methyl ester; Benzilic acid, methyl ester; Methyl diphenylglycolate; Methyl α-hydroxydiphenylacetate; Methyl α-phenylmandelate; Methyl 2-hydroxy-2,2-diphenylacetate; Methyl hydroxydiphenylacetate; Hydroxy-diphenyl-acetic acid methyl ester; α-Hydroxydiphenylacetic acid, methyl ester; NSC 57672
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Phase change data

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Reduced pressure boiling point

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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

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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]

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]

Huber, Kenndler, et al., 1993
Huber, J.F.K.; Kenndler, E.; Reich, G.; Hack, W.; Wolf, J., Optimal Selection of Gas Chromatographic Columns for the Analytical Control of Chemical Warfare Agents by Application of Information Theory to Retention Data, Anal. Chem., 1993, 65, 20, 2903-2906, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00068a031 . [all data]

Kostiainen, 2000
Kostiainen, O., Gas Chromatography in Screening of Chemicals Related to the Chemical Weapons Convention in Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, Meyers, R.A., ed(s)., John Wiley Sons Ltd, Chichester, 2000, 963-979. [all data]

Soják, Perjéssy, et al., 1995
Soják, L.; Perjéssy, A.; Kubinec, R.; Giumanini, A.G.; Strazzolini, P., Identification of the isomers from mono- and dinitration of α-hydroxydiphenylacetic acid by capillary gas chromatography with Fourier transform infrared and mass spectrometric detection, J. Chromatogr. A, 1995, 695, 1, 57-64, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(94)01156-9 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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