7306. Diphenyl Phthalate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 84-62-8
1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid 1,2-diphenyl ester; phenyl phthalate.
C20H14O4; mol wt 318.32.
C 75.46%, H 4.43%, O 20.10%.

Description and references

Prepd from phenol and phthalic anhydride.

Chemical structure

Properties

White odorless crystals. d74 1.572; mp 70-73°; bp14 ≈255°. Insol in water; sol in acetone and other ketones, in liquid esters and chlorinated hydrocarbons.

Use

Plasticizer in nitrocellulose lacquers.