6-tert-Butyl-m-cresol Chemical Properties

Melting point:

20 °C

Boiling point:

117-118 °C12 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.964 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

vapor pressure 

3Pa at 23℃

refractive index 

n20/D 1.519(lit.)

Flash point:

222 °F

storage temp. 

Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature

Water Solubility 

Insoluble in water

pka

11.45±0.10(Predicted)

color 

Colorless to Red to Green

Specific Gravity

0.9590.964

Odor

at 0.10 % in dipropylene glycol. russian leather

Odor Type

animal

LogP

3.97

CAS DataBase Reference

88-60-8(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

Phenol, 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-methyl-(88-60-8)

EPA Substance Registry System

6-tert-Butyl-m-cresol (88-60-8)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn,C

Risk Statements 

22-36/37/38-34

Safety Statements 

26-36/37/39-45

RIDADR 

UN 3145 8/PG 3

WGK Germany 

2

RTECS 

SK1578180

HazardClass 

8

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

29071990

Hazardous Substances Data

88-60-8(Hazardous Substances Data)

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6-tert-Butyl-m-cresol Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

clear colorless viscous liquid

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 31, p. 6977, 1990 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97220-4

General Description

A clear colorless liquid. Flash point 116°F. Melting point 74°F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Used as a disinfectant, to make rubber, as a lubricating oil additive, and for many other uses.

Air & Water Reactions

Flammable. Insoluble in water.

Reactivity Profile

Phenols, such as 6-tert-Butyl-m-cresol, do not behave as organic alcohols, as one might guess from the presence of a hydroxyl (-OH) group in their structure. Instead, they react as weak organic acids. Phenols and cresols are much weaker as acids than common carboxylic acids (phenol has Ka = 1.3 x 10^[-10]). These materials are incompatible with strong reducing substances such as hydrides, nitrides, alkali metals, and sulfides. Flammable gas (H2) is often generated, and the heat of the reaction may ignite the gas. Heat is also generated by the acid-base reaction between phenols and bases. Such heating may initiate polymerization of the organic compound. Phenols are sulfonated very readily (for example, by concentrated sulfuric acid at room temperature). The reactions generate heat. Phenols are also nitrated very rapidly, even by dilute nitric acid.

Health Hazard

Inhalation or contact with material may irritate or burn skin and eyes. Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may cause dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution water may cause pollution.

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