4,4'-di-tert-Butylbiphenyl

• Formula: C₂₀H₂₆
• Molecular weight: 266.4204
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C20H26/c1-19(2,3)17-11-7-15(8-12-17)16-9-13-18(14-10-16)20(4,5)6/h7-14H,1-6H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CDKCEZNPAYWORX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1625-91-8
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• Other names: 4,4'-di-t-Butylbiphenyl; 1,1'-Biphenyl, 4,4'-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-; 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-1,1'-biphenyl
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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of fusion

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

= C₂₀H₂₆

By formula: C₂₀H₂₆ = C₂₀H₂₆

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Romadane and Berga, 1958
Romadane, I.A.; Berga, S.E., Alkylation of Biphenyl with Alcohols in the Presence of Boron Trifluoride- phosphoric Acid Catalyst, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1958, 28, 413-7. [all data]

Knauf and Adams, 1933
Knauf; Adams, J.S., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 4704. [all data]

Chichibabin, Elgazin, et al., 1928
Chichibabin, A.E.; Elgazin; Lengold, Zh. Russ. Fiz.-Khim. O-va., Chast Khim., 1928, 60, 347. [all data]

Schreiner, 1910
Schreiner, E., J. Prakt. Chem., 1910, 81, 422. [all data]

Nti-Gyabaah, Chan, et al., 2009
Nti-Gyabaah, J.; Chan, V.; Chiew, Y.C., Solubility and limiting activity coefficient of simvastatin in different organic solvents, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2009, 280, 1-2, 35-41, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2009.03.006 . [all data]

Melkhanova, Pimenova, et al., 2009
Melkhanova, Svetlana V.; Pimenova, Svetlana M.; Chelovskaya, Nelly V.; Miroshnichenko, Eugenii A.; Pashchenko, Larisa L.; Nesterov, Igor A.; Naumkin, P.V., Thermochemical studies of 4-tert-butylbiphenyl and 4,4´-di-tert-butylbiphenyl, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2009, 41, 5, 651-653, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2008.12.015 . [all data]

Näther, Jeß, et al., 2002
Näther, Christian; Jeß, Inke; Havlas, Zdenek; Bolte, Michael; Nagel, Norbert; Nick, Sabine, Trimorphism of 4,4´-Di(tert.-butyl)-biphenyl: structural, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects, Solid State Sciences, 2002, 4, 6, 859-871, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1293-2558(02)01324-9 . [all data]

Roshchupkina, Nesterova, et al., 1987
Roshchupkina, I.Yu.; Nesterova, T.N.; Rozhnov, A.M., Equilibria of isomeric transformations of alkylbiphenyls, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 299-306. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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