Dodecane

• Formula: C₁₂H₂₆
• Molecular weight: 170.3348
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H26/c1-3-5-7-9-11-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-12H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SNRUBQQJIBEYMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 112-40-3
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• Other names: n-Dodecane; Adakane 12; Ba 51-090453; CH3(CH2)10CH3; Bihexyl; Dihexyl; Duodecane; NSC 8714
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Kurtyka and Kurtyka, 1979
Kurtyka, Z.M.; Kurtyka, E.A., Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in the Systems Aniline-Pseudocumene, o-Toluidine-n-Decane, and m-Xylidine-n-Dodecane at Atmos. Press., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1979, 24, 15. [all data]

Cooper, Crowne, et al., 1967
Cooper, A.R.; Crowne, C.W.P.; Farrell, P.G., Gas-Liquid Chromatographic Studies of Electron-Donor-Acceptor Systems, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 447. [all data]

Trabczynski, 1964
Trabczynski, W., Location of saddle points in the series of systems formed by propionic acid, 2-picoline and n-paraffins, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1964, 12, 335. [all data]

Mears, Stanley, et al., 1963
Mears, T.W.; Stanley, C.L.; Compere, E.L.; Howard, F.L., Synthesis, purification, and physical properties of seven twelve-carbon hyd rocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., Sect. A, 1963, 67, 475. [all data]

Gomez-Ibanez and Liu, 1961
Gomez-Ibanez, J.; Liu, C.-T., The Excess Volume of Mixtures of Cyclohexand and Some Normal Alkanes, J. Phys. Chem., 1961, 65, 2148. [all data]

Jessup and Stanley, 1961
Jessup, R.S.; Stanley, C.L., Heats and volumes of mixing in several c(12) hydrocarbon systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 368-71. [all data]

Kurtyka, 1961
Kurtyka, Z., Series of Binary Azeotropes Formed by Aniline, o-Toluidine and m-Xylidine with Normal Paraffinic Hydrocarbons, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1961, 9, 745. [all data]

Gensler, Mahadevan, et al., 1956
Gensler, W.J.; Mahadevan, A.P.; Casella, J., Preparation and Constitution of Nonadiyne-1,4, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 163. [all data]

Hansen and Hansen, 1955
Hansen, R.S.; Hansen, R.D., J. Phys. Chem., 1955, 59, 496. [all data]

Kincannon and Manning, 1955
Kincannon, C.B.; Manning, E., Purification of normal paraffins, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1955, 47, 149. [all data]

Colonge and Berthoud, 1952
Colonge, J.; Berthoud, J., The Preparation of Several Pure Hydrocarbons, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1952, 1952, 211. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1949
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L.; Derfer, J.M., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Wt., Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Eleventh Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., 1949. [all data]

Fenske, Braun, et al., 1947
Fenske, M.R.; Braun, W.G.; Wiegand, R.V.; Quiggle, D.; McCormick, R.H.; Rank, D.H., Raman Spectra of Hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1947, 19, 700. [all data]

Petrov and Kaplan, 1942
Petrov, A.D.; Kaplan, E.P., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1942, 12, 99. [all data]

Mair and Streiff, 1940
Mair, B.J.; Streiff, A.J., Separation of the aromatic hydrocarbons, and the isolation of n-dodecane, naphthalene, 1-methylnaphthalene, and 2-methylnaphthalene from the kerosene fraction of petroleum, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1940, 24, 395-414. [all data]

Evans, 1938
Evans, E.B., The viscosities of hydrocarbons. Parts I-III, J. Inst. Pet. Technol., 1938, 24, 38. [all data]

Horie and Morikawa, 1938
Horie, H.; Morikawa, K., Research on Compostion of Fushun Shale Oil. XIV. Properties and Paraffin Hydrocarbons of the Cuts Distilling at 200-240 deg., Kogyo Kagaku Zasshi, 1938, 41, 401-3. [all data]

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Kohlraush, K.W.F.; Koppl, F., Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. B, 1934, 26, 209. [all data]

Shepard, Henne, et al., 1931
Shepard, A.F.; Henne, A.L.; Midgley, T., Physical Prop. of the Normal Paraffin Hydrocarbons Pentane to Dodecane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 1948. [all data]

Schutz, Buschmann, et al., 1924
Schutz, F.; Buschmann, W.; Wissebach, H., Chem. Ber., 1924, 57, 421. [all data]

Engler and Halmai, 1910
Engler, C.; Halmai, B., Chem. Ber., 1910, 43, 397. [all data]

Notes

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