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4-biphenylol
Sign in to saveAlso known as 4-Phenylphenol, 4-diphenylol, para-phenylphenol, para-hydroxydiphenyl, 4-hydroxydiphenyl, p-hydroxydiphenyl, p-hydroxybiphenyl, p-biphenylol
4-Phenylphenol is an organic compound with the formula . It is one of three isomers of hydroxybiphenyl.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C12H10O
- Molecular weight
- 170.21 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 4-phenylphenol
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC=C(C=C2)O
- InChIKey
- YXVFYQXJAXKLAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.2
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 170.073
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC=C(C=C2)O
- chemical formula
- C₁₂H₁₀O
- melting point
- 165.0
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Production
- Properties
- References
4-Phenylphenol is an organic compound with the formula . It is one of three isomers of hydroxybiphenyl.
==Production== 4-Phenylphenol is produced as a byproduct in the conversion of chlorobenzene to phenol with base. It can also be obtain by sulfonation of biphenyl to give 4-biphenylsulfonic acid, which can be hydrolyzed.
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