Anthracene

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 178.2292
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H10/c1-2-6-12-10-14-8-4-3-7-13(14)9-11(12)5-1/h1-10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MWPLVEDNUUSJAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 120-12-7
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• Isotopologues:
  • Anthracene-D10-
• Other names: Anthracin; Green Oil; Paranaphthalene; Tetra Olive N2G; Anthracene oil; p-Naphthalene; Anthracen; Coal tar pitch volatiles:anthracene; Sterilite hop defoliant
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  • Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)
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Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983
Metzger, R.M.; Kuo, C.S.; Arafat, E.S., A semi-micro rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 841-851. [all data]

Coleman and Pilcher, 1966
Coleman, D.J.; Pilcher, G., Heats of combustion of biphenyl, bibenzyl, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 821-827. [all data]

Mackle and O'Hare, 1963
Mackle, H.; O'Hare, P.A.G., A high-precision aneroid semi-micro combustion calorimeter, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2693-2701. [all data]

Bender and Farber, 1952
Bender, P.; Farber, J., The heats of combustion of anthracene transannular peroxide and dianthracene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 1450-1452. [all data]

Parks, West, et al., 1946
Parks, G.S.; West, T.J.; Naylor, B.F.; Fujii, P.S.; McClaine, L.A., Thermal data on organic compounds. XXIII. Modern combustion data for fourteen hydrocarbons and five polyhydroxy alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2524-2527. [all data]

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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