4-tert-Butylphenol, 99%

CAS: 98-54-4 | C10H14O | 150.221 g/mol

Catalog Number	Quantity
ALFA15871.36	500 g

Catalog number ALFA15871.36

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Specifications

Chemical Name or Material4-tert-Butylphenol

CAS98-54-4

Health Hazard 1H315-H318-H361f

Health Hazard 2GHS H Statement
H318-H317-H335-H315

Health Hazard 3P201-P202-P264b-P281-P302+P352-P305+P351+P338-P308+P313-P310-P332+P313-P362-P501c

4-tert-butylphenol on condensation with formaldehyde gives calix[5]arene which is used in enzyme mimetics.

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Applications
4-tert-butylphenol on condensation with formaldehyde gives calix[5]arene which is used in enzyme mimetics.

Solubility
Soluble in water. [8.7 g/L (20°C)]

Notes
Store at room temperature. Keep away from oxidizing agents and acids.

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

C. David Gutsche.; Balram Dhawan.; Kwang Hyun No.; Ramamurthi Muthukrishnan. Calixarenes. 4. The synthesis, characterization, and properties of the calixarenes from p-tert-butylphenol. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103 (13),3782-3792 .
The acid-catalyzed removal of t-butyl groups from phenols (reverse Friedel-Crafts reaction), can be brought about without the need for t-butyl acceptors by using aluminum chloride as catalyst in dichloromethane at ambient temperature: Synth. Commun., 18, 1783 (1988).