trans-beta-METHYLSTYRENE

An aromatic alkene, C9H10, 118.179 g/mol. Boiling point 175 °C, melting point -29 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₉H₁₀
Molecular weight: 118.179 g/mol
Exact mass: 118.07825 g/mol
IUPAC name: [(E)-prop-1-enyl]benzene
SMILES: CC=Cc1ccccc1
Isomeric SMILES: C/C=C/c1ccccc1
InChI: InChI=1S/C9H10/c1-2-6-9-7-4-3-5-8-9/h2-8H,1H3/b6-2+
InChIKey: QROGIFZRVHSFLM-QHHAFSJGSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 175 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Melting Point: -29 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Density: Relative density (water = 1): 0.911measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Solubility: Solubility in water, g/100ml at 25 °C: 0.014 (very poor)measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Vapor Pressure: Vapor pressure, kPa at 25 °C: 0.15measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
LogP: 3,31measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs); 3.35measured · SangsterLogP
Flash Point: 52 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 118.18 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 118.078250319 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 3.2calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 86calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · reference compound database
logP: 2.7197calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 41.15 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0.1111calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.5315calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon9 atoms · 91.5% by mass
H Hydrogen10 atoms · 8.5% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 9
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 19
Rings: 1
Aromatic rings: 1
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Alkene
A carbon–carbon double bond.
Aromatic ring
A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves trans-beta-METHYLSTYRENE yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is [(E)-prop-1-enyl]benzene.

The sources also call it (E)-1-Phenylpropene, benzene, (1E)-1-propenyl-, trans-Propenyl benzene, Styrene, beta-methyl-, (E)-, beta-Methylstyrene, trans-, A5S9N1785O, NSC-73958, DTXSID101026543, RefChem:1100256, DTXCID80210822, 1-Phenylpropene.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to trans-beta-METHYLSTYRENE has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as trans-beta-METHYLSTYRENE. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

(R)-N,N-Dibenzyl-1-phenylpropan-1-amine

formed as a product

C₂₃H₂₅N, 315.46 g/mol.

(S)-DTBM-SEGPHOS

C₇₄H₁₀₀O₈P₂, 1,179.554 g/mol.

(1-Chloropropyl)benzene

used as a reactant

C₉H₁₁Cl, 154.64 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database252325
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.