Identification and Implications of Trimethyl-n-Alkylbenzenes in Marine Oils from the Deep Tarim Basin

Table 1

¹H-NMR data for trimethyl-n-hexylbenzenes. Shifts are the values in deuterated chloroform. The spectrums can be found in the supplementary material.

Methyl substitution pattern	Ar–H	Ar–CH3	Ar–CH2–	–CH3
2,4,6	s, 6.82, 2H	s, 2.28, 6H; s, 2.24, 3H	t, 2.55, 8.0 Hz, 2H	t, 0.90, 7.0 Hz, 3H
2,4,5	s, 6.89, 1H; s, 6.90, 1H	s, 2.23, 3H; s, 2.20, 3H; s, 2.19, 3H	t, 2.51, 8.0 Hz, 2H	t, 0.89, 6.8 Hz, 3H
3,4,5+(2,3,4)	s, 6.83, 2H+(AB 6.91, 2H)	s, 2.26, 6H; s, 2.13, 3H+(s, 2.26, 3H; s, 2.21, 3H; s, 2.19, 3H)	t, 2.49, 8.0 Hz, 2H+(t, 2.58, 8.0 Hz, 2H)	t, 0.88, 7.0 Hz, 3H