4,4'-Dimethylbiphenyl

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₄
• Molecular weight: 182.2610
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H14/c1-11-3-7-13(8-4-11)14-9-5-12(2)6-10-14/h3-10H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RZTDESRVPFKCBH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 613-33-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,1'-Biphenyl, 4,4'-dimethyl-; p,p'-Bitolyl; Bi-p-tolyl; Di-p-tolyl; 4,4'-Bitolyl; 4,4'-Dimethyl-1,1'-biphenyl; 4,4'-Dimethyldiphenyl; 4,4'-Ditolyl; 1-Methyl-4-(4'-methylphenyl)benzene; p,p'-Bitoluene; p,p'-Ditolyl; Biphenyl, 4,4'-dimethyl-; NSC 90464; 1-Methyl-4-(4-methylphenyl)benzene; Diphenyl, 4,4'-dimethyl
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  • IR Spectrum
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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

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

IR Spectrum

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• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 3800-1330, 10% CS2 FOR 1330-400 CM^-1); BECKMAN IR-9 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Ribeiro da Silva, Matos, et al., 1997
Ribeiro da Silva, M.A.V.; Matos, M.A.R.; do Rio, C.M.A.; Morais, V.M.F., Thermochemical and theoretical studies of 4-methylbiphenyl, 4,4'-dimethylbiphenyl, 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, J. Chem. Soc. Farad. Trans, 1997, 93, 3061. [all data]

Brull, 1935
Brull, L., Sui calori di combustione di alcuni derivati del bifenil, Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1935, 65, 19-28. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [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]

Blades, Blades, et al., 1954
Blades, H.; Blades, A.; Steacie, E.W.R., The Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Toluene, Can. J. Chem., 1954, 32, 298-311. [all data]

Ullmann, 1904
Ullmann, F., Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1904, 332, 38. [all data]

Schultz, 1881
Schultz, G., Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1881, 207, 361. [all data]

Carnelley, 1877
Carnelley, T., J. Chem. Soc., 1877, 32, 653. [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Matos, et al., 1997, 2
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Matos, Agostinha R.; do Rio, Carolina M.A.; Morais, Victor M.F., Thermochemical and theoretical studies of 4-methylbiphenyl, 4,4´-dimethylbiphenyl, 4,4´-dimethyl-2,2´-bipyridine, Faraday Trans., 1997, 93, 17, 3061-3065, https://doi.org/10.1039/a701769c . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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