Benzenemethanol, α-methyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 122.1644
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H10O/c1-7(9)8-5-3-2-4-6-8/h2-7,9H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WAPNOHKVXSQRPX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 98-85-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Benzenemethanol, α-methyl-, (S)-
  • Benzenemethanol, α-methyl-, (R)-
• Other names: Benzyl alcohol, α-methyl-; α-Methylbenzyl alcohol; α-Phenethyl alcohol; α-Phenylethanol; α-Phenylethyl alcohol; (1-Hydroxyethyl)benzene; Ethanol, 1-phenyl-; Methylphenylcarbinol; Phenylmethylcarbinol; Styralyl alcohol; 1-Phenethyl alcohol; 1-Phenyl-1-hydroxyethane; 1-Phenylethanol; 1-Phenylethyl alcohol; sec-Phenethyl alcohol; dl-α-Methylbenzyl alcohol; Methanol, methylphenyl-; NCI-C55685; 1-Fenylethanol; Fenyl-methylkarbinol; Styrallyl alcohol; UN 2937; α-Methylbenzenemethanol; α-Hydroxyethylbenzene; NSC 25502; (S)-α-Methyl-benzenemethanol; alcohol methyl benzylic
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Phase change data

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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₈H₉O^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₉O^- + H⁺ = C₈H₁₀O

References

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Anonymous, 1958
Anonymous, X., Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 50, 1958, Unpublished, 1958. [all data]

Zeiss and Tsutsui, 1953
Zeiss, H.H.; Tsutsui, M., The Carbon-Oxygen Absorption Band in the Infrared Spectra of Alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 897. [all data]

Lecat, 1926
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes: 3rd list, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B, 1926, 45, 284-94. [all data]

Huckel and Wenzke, 1944
Huckel, W.; Wenzke, U., The Association of Aromatic Alcohols, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1944, 193, 132-61. [all data]

Chylinski, Fras, et al., 2004
Chylinski, Krzysztof; Fras, Zbigniew; Malanowski, Stanislaw K., Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium for Phenol + α-Methyl Benzyl Alcohol and 2-Ethoxyethanol + n -Butyl Formate ^«8224», J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 1, 2-6, https://doi.org/10.1021/je025566c . [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]

Abboud, Koppel, et al., 2013
Abboud, J.L.M.; Koppel, I.A.; Koppel, I., Additivity of substituent effects on the acidity of alcohols, J. Phys. Org. Chem., 2013, 26, 6, 467-472, https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.3110 . [all data]

Graul, Schnute, et al., 1990
Graul, S.T.; Schnute, M.E.; Squires, R.R., Gas-Phase Acidities of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols from Collision-Induced Dissociation of Dimer Cluster Ions, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1990, 96, 2, 181, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(90)87028-F . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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