2837. DBMC

Nomenclature

CAS number: 497-39-2
2,4-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-methylphenol; 4,6-di-tert-butyl-m-cresol; 3-methyl-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol.
C15H24O; mol wt 220.35.
C 81.76%, H 10.98%, O 7.26%.

Description and references

Prepn: Weinrich, Ind. Eng. Chem. 35, 264 (1943).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals, mp 62.1°. bp 282°, bp100 211°, bp20 167°. d480 0.912. Practically insol in water, ethylene glycol; sol in alcohol, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, ether, acetone.

Use

Intermediate in the production of rubber chemicals modified phenolic resins, synthetic musks of the ambrette type.