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Diphenylmethane

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Benzylbenzene, Methylenedibenzene

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Linear Formula:
(C6H5)2CH2
CAS Number:
101-81-5
Molecular Weight:
168.23
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1904982
EC Number:
202-978-6
MDL number:
MFCD00004781
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24854401

vapor density

5.79 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 77 °C)

assay

≥99%

autoignition temp.

905 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.577 (lit.)

bp

264 °C (lit.)

mp

22-24 °C (lit.)

solubility

alcohol: freely soluble(lit.)
benzene: freely soluble(lit.)
chloroform: freely soluble(lit.)
diethyl ether: freely soluble(lit.)
hexane: freely soluble(lit.)
insoluble (liquid ammonia)(lit.)

density

1.006 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

C(c1ccccc1)c2ccccc2

InChI

1S/C13H12/c1-3-7-12(8-4-1)11-13-9-5-2-6-10-13/h1-10H,11H2

InChI key

CZZYITDELCSZES-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Diphenylmethane skeleton acted as a surrogate for a steroid skeleton[1].

Application

Diphenylmethane (Benzylbenzene) derivatives were used as estrogen receptor (ER) agonists and antagonists[2].

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D209317

Diphenylmethane, 99%

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Environment
GHS09

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

266.0 °F

flash_point_c

130 °C

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Daisuke Kajita et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 22(7), 2244-2252 (2014-03-19)
Steroid sulfatase (STS) is a potential target for treatment of postmenopausal hormone-dependent breast cancer. Several steroidal STS inhibitors have been reported, but steroidal compounds are difficult to optimize and may interact with other targets. On the other hand, we have
Keisuke Maruyama et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 23(14), 4031-4036 (2013-06-19)
Our multi-template approach for drug discovery, focusing on protein targets with similar fold structures, has yielded lead compounds for various targets. We have also shown that a diphenylmethane skeleton can serve as a surrogate for a steroid skeleton. Here, on
Shinnosuke Hosoda et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 19(12), 3157-3161 (2009-05-19)
Based on antiviral screening of our diphenylmethane derivatives prepared as steroid substitutes, we identified a 1,1-diphenylcyclobutane analog (9) and two diethyldiphenylsilane analogs (12 and 13) as superior lead compounds with potent anti-bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) activity, having 50% effective
Toshiki Nokami et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(33), 10864-10865 (2008-07-30)
An iterative method for molecular assembly has been developed based on the cation-pool method using (trimethylsilyl)diphenylmethane as a building block. The silyl group works as both an activating group of the benzene ring in the Friedel-Crafts type reaction and an
A new class of macrocyclic receptors from iota-peptides.
Sang-Woo Kang et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(6), 1486-1487 (2007-01-25)
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