Phenol, 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-methyl-

• Formula: C₁₁H₁₆O
• Molecular weight: 164.2441
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H16O/c1-8-7-9(11(2,3)4)5-6-10(8)12/h5-7,12H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SNKLPZOJLXDZCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 98-27-1
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• Other names: o-Cresol, 4-tert-butyl-; p-tert-Butyl-o-cresol; 2-Methyl-4-tert-butylphenol; 4-tert-Butyl-o-Cresol; 4-tert-Butyl-2-Methylphenol; Phenol, 4-tert-butyl-2-methyl-
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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

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: C₁₅H₂₄O + C₇H₈O = C₁₁H₁₆O + C₁₁H₁₆O

=

By formula: C₁₁H₁₆O = C₁₁H₁₆O

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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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, S.P., Thermochemistry of phenols: quantification of theortho-,para-, andmeta-interactions in tert-alkyl substituted phenols, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1999, 31, 5, 559-585, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.1998.0459 . [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]

Aihara, 1960
Aihara, Ariyuki, Estimation of the Energy of Hydrogen Bonds Formed in Crystals. II. Phenols, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1960, 33, 2, 194-200, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.33.194 . [all data]

Stage, Müller, et al., 1953
Stage, H.; Müller, E.; Faldix, P., Erdol u Kohle, 1953, 6, 375. [all data]

Nesterova, Verevkin, et al., 1985
Nesterova, T.N.; Verevkin, S.P.; Malova, T.N.; Pilshchikov, V.A., Study of an equilibrium of tert-alkylphenols (thermodynamic analysis of the alkylation of phenols by branched olefins), Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1985, 58, 827-833. [all data]

Gautzsch and Zinn, 1996
Gautzsch, R.; Zinn, P., Use of incremental models to estimate the retention indexes of aromatic compounds, Chromatographia, 1996, 43, 3/4, 163-176, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02292946 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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