diphenylmethanol

A summary of the most common chemical descriptors (InChI Key and SMILES codes) for diphenylmethanol are summarized together with 3D and 2D structures and relevant physico-chemical properties.

What is diphenylmethanol?

The molecule diphenylmethanol presents a molecular formula of C13H12O and its IUPAC name is diphenylmethanol.

3D structure

Cartesian coordinates

Geometry of diphenylmethanol in x, y and z coordinates (Å units) to copy/paste elsewhere. Generated with Open Babel software.

2D drawing

 

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diphenylmethanol

 

Molecule descriptors

 
IUPAC namediphenylmethanol
InChI codeInChI=1S/C13H12O/c14-13(11-7-3-1-4-8-11)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10,13-14H
InChI KeyQILSFLSDHQAZET-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C2=CC=CC=C2)O

Physico-Chemical properties

IUPAC namediphenylmethanol
Molecular formulaC13H12O
Molecular weight184.23
Melting point (ºC)
Boiling point (ºC)
Density (g/cm3)
Molar refractivity
LogP
Topological polar surface area20.2

LogP and topological polar surface area (TPSA) values were estimated using Open Babel software.

The n-octanol/water partition coeficient (Kow) data is applied in toxicology and drug research. Kow values are used, to guess the environmental fate of persistent organic pollutants. High partition coefficients values, tend to accumulate in the fatty tissue of organisms. Molecules with a log(Kow) (or LogP) greater than 5 are considered to bioaccumulate.

TPSA values are the sum of the surface area over all polar atoms or molecules, mainly oxygen and nitrogen, also including hydrogen atoms.

In medicinal chemistry, TPSA is used to assess the ability of a drug to permeabilise cells.

For molecules to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (and act on receptors in the central nervous system), TPSA values below 90 Å2 are required. Thus, molecules with a polar surface area greater than 140 Å2 tend to be poorly permeable to cell membranes.