1551. tert-Butylbenzene
Nomenclature
CAS number: 98-06-6
(1,1-Dimethylethyl)benzene; 2-methyl-2-phenylpropane; trimethylphenylmethane; pseudobutylbenzene. C10H14; mol wt 134.22.
C 89.49%, H 10.51%.
Description and references
Prepn: Konowalow, Bull. Soc. Chim. [3] 16, 865 (1896); Shoesmith, Mackie, J. Chem. Soc. 1928, 2336; Meyer, Bernhauer, Monatsh. Chem. 53, 727 (1929); Wilt, Abegg, J. Org. Chem. 33, 923 (1968). See also Groose, Ipatieff, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 57, 2415 (1935); Ipatieff, Pines, ibid. 58, 1056 (1936).
