Molecule record

1-methyl-2-phenylbenzene

C13H12

168.24 g/mol

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Molecular properties

Formula
C13H12
Molar mass
168.24 g·mol−1
Exact mass
168.0939 Da
8
PubChem CID
12563

Functional groups

Alkane / alkyl carbon
Aromatic ring

Physical properties

No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.

Common names and synonyms

  • 1,1'-Biphenyl, 2-methyl-
  • 1,1'-Biphenyl, 2-methyl-(9CI)
  • 1,1'Biphenyl, 2methyl
  • 1Methyl2phenylbenzene
  • 2-METHYLBIPHENYL
  • 2-Methyl-1,1'-biphenyl
  • 2-Phenyltoluene
  • 2methylbiphenyl
Show all 24 synonyms
  • ALLIZEAXNXSFGD-UHFFFAOYSA-
  • Biphenyl, 2-methyl-
  • Biphenyl, 2-methyl-(8CI)
  • Biphenyl, 2methyl
  • Biphenyl, 2methyl (8CI)
  • DTXCID605575
  • DTXSID10881160
  • EINECS 211-400-1
  • NSC 5321
  • RefChem:88271
  • UNII-X937MQ8S1T
  • X937MQ8S1T
  • o-Methylbiphenyl
  • o-Phenyltoluene
  • oMethylbiphenyl
  • oPhenyltoluene

Structure identifiers

Canonical SMILES
Cc1ccccc1-c1ccccc1
Isomeric SMILES
CC1=CC=CC=C1C2=CC=CC=C2
InChI
InChI=1S/C13H12/c1-11-7-5-6-10-13(11)12-8-3-2-4-9-12/h2-10H,1H3
InChIKey
ALLIZEAXNXSFGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID
12563

Spectroscopy

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Simulated NMR

On-demand educational prediction for 1-methyl-2-phenylbenzene; not experimental data.

Simulated EI mass spectrum

On-demand educational fragmentation for 1-methyl-2-phenylbenzene; not experimental data.

Sources

Molecule identity

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