tert-Butylbenzene

tert-Butylbenzene is an organic compound classified as an aromatic hydrocarbon. Its structure consists of a benzene ring substituted with a tert-butyl group. It is a flammable colorless liquid which is nearly insoluble in water but miscible with organic solvents.

tert-Butylbenzene
Names
IUPAC name
tert-butylbenzene
Other names
  • t-butylbenzene
  • 1,1-dimethylethylbenzene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.002.394
EC Number
  • 202-632-4
UNII
UN number 2709
Properties
C10H14
Molar mass 134.22
Appearance colorless liquid
Density 0.867 g/cm3
Melting point −57.9 °C (−72.2 °F; 215.2 K)
Boiling point 169 °C (336 °F; 442 K)
insoluble
Solubility in organic solvents miscible
Hazards
Main hazards Flammable
GHS pictograms
GHS Signal word Warning
H226, H315, H319
P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+352, P303+361+353, P304+312, P304+340, P305+351+338, P312, P321, P332+313, P362, P370+378, P403+235, P501
Flash point 34.4 °C (93.9 °F; 307.5 K)
450 °C (842 °F; 723 K)
Related compounds
Related compounds
 iso-Butylbenzene, sec-Butylbenzene, n-Butylbenzene
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Production

tert-Butylbenzene can be produced by the treatment of benzene with isobutene[1] or by the reaction of benzene with tert-butyl chloride in presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride,[2] the latter is depicted below:

References
  1. Griesbaum, Karl; Behr, Arno; Biedenkapp, Dieter; Voges, Heinz-Werner; Garbe, Dorothea; Paetz, Christian; Collin, Gerd; Mayer, Dieter; Höke (2002). "Hydrocarbons". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a13_227.
  2. Fieser, Louis F. (1941), Experiments in Organic Chemistry, Second Edition, pp. 180–181, doi:10.1021/ed018p550.1


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