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Usage

Chemical structure

1,4-di-tert-butylcyclohexane consists of a cyclohexane ring with two tert-butyl groups attached at the 1 and 4 positions.

Physical state

It is a colorless, odorless liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.

Solvent

Primarily used as a solvent in various chemical reactions.

Building block

Used as a building block in the synthesis of other organic compounds.

Intermediate

Used as an intermediate in the production of plastics, pharmaceuticals, and other industrial products.

Boiling point

Has a high boiling point, which makes it a useful reagent in chemical reactions.

Stability

Stable under normal conditions.

Upstream product

• 39000-62-9 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene 
• 5009-02-9 1,4-di-tert-butylcyclohexene 
• 86943-87-5 cis-3,6-di-tert-butylcyclohexene 
• 1012-72-2 1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene 
• 86943-88-6 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene 
• 86943-90-0 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,2-cyclohexanediol 
• 86943-89-7 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene 
• 110-82-7 cyclohexane 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Dienes as Possible Intermediates in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 1. Dienes Derived from 1,4-Di-tert-butylbenzene and a Rhodium Catalyst

The evolution of the products upon hydrogenating three diene derivatives of 1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene (1) is compared with the formation of 1,4-di-tert-butylcyclohexene (2) and cis- and trans-1,4-di-tert-butylcyclohexane (3 and 4) from 1 on an alumina-supported rhodium catalyst to determine which diene (or dienes), upon adsorption on the catalyst, best represents the structure of the intermediate formed in the rate-determining surface reaction of 1.Of the dienes 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene (6), 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene (7), and 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene (8), the last exhibits best the properties expected if it forms the same adsorbed intermediate as does 1 at the same hydrogen pressure.Unlike the arene, however, the dienes do not yield the cis-saturated isomer 3 as an initial product at low hydrogen pressures.Instead, cis-3,6-di-tert-butylcyclohexene (5) is formed along with ene 2 and arene 1; the dienes tend to exclude the cycloalkenes from the catalyst, their effectiveness increasing in the order 6 7 8.The result indicates that at low pressures little of arene 1 (less than 5percent) is transformed directly to cis-1,4-di-tert-butylcyclohexane (3); instead enes 2 and 5 are produced initially, and because the concentration of the intermediate adsorbed dienes remains low during the hydrogenation of the arene, cis ene 5 is rapidly converted to 3 in the presence of the arene.At high hydrogen pressures, the cis ane 3 is an initial hydrogenation product of the dienes as it is of 1.