4-tert-Butyltoluene

• Formula: C₁₁H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 148.2447
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H16/c1-9-5-7-10(8-6-9)11(2,3)4/h5-8H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QCWXDVFBZVHKLV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 98-51-1
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• Other names: Benzene, 1-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-; Toluene, p-tert-butyl-; p-tert-Butyltoluene; 1-tert-Butyl-4-Methylbenzene; 1-Methyl-4-tert-butylbenzene; 4-tert-Butyl-1-Methylbenzene; 4-Methyl-tert-butylbenzene; Benzene, 1-methyl-4-tert-butyl-; p-Methyl-tert-butylbenzene; TBT; 4-t-Butyltoluene; 1-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-4-methyl-benzene; p-t-Butyl toluene; NSC 6589
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Gas 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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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

UV/Visible spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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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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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, polar column, isothermal

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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