Azobenzene

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₀N₂
• Molecular weight: 182.2212
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H10N2/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)13-14-12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DMLAVOWQYNRWNQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 103-33-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Azobenzene, (E)-
• Other names: Diazene, diphenyl-; Azobenzide; Azobenzol; Benzene, azobis-; Benzene, azodi-; Benzeneazobenzene; Diazobenzene; Diphenyldiimide; 1,2-Diphenyldiazene; Azobenzeen; Azobisbenzene; Azodibenzeneazofume; Azofume; Benzofume; Diphenyldiazene; ENT 14,611; NCI-C02926; USAF EK-704; Azodibenzene; Azobenzen; Diazene, 1,2-diphenyl-; NSC 2102
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  • Phase change data
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

C₁₂H₁₀N₂ =

By formula: C₁₂H₁₀N₂ = C₁₂H₁₀N₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Lemoult, 1908
Lemoult, M.P., Recherches theoriques et experimentales sur les chaleurs de combustion et de formation des composes organiques, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1908, 14, 289-310. [all data]

Wieland, Heymann, et al., 1934
Wieland, H.; Heymann, K.; Tsatsas, T.; Juchum, D.; Varvoglis, G.; Labriola, G.; Dobbelstein, O.; Boyd-Barrett, H.S., Uber das Auftreten freier Radikale bei chemischen Reaktionen. VIII, Ann., 1934, 514, 145-181. [all data]

Swietoslawski and Bobinska, 1929
Swietoslawski, M.W.; Bobinska, M.J., O cieple spalania kamfory, azobenzenu i hydrazobenzenu - Sur la chaleur de combustion du comphre, de l'hydrazobenzene, Rocz. Chem., 1929, 9, 723-730. [all data]

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Bergmann, Fischer, et al., 1953
Bergmann, E.D.; Fischer, E.; Jaffe, J.H., Exalted Distortion Polarizations of Some COlored Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3230-3. [all data]

Sorum and Durand, 1952
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Cammenga, Behrens, et al., 1977
Cammenga, H.K.; Behrens, E.; Wolf, F., Thermal isomerization of cis-azobenzene in the solid state in React. Solids, [Proc. Int. Symp.],, ed. J. Wood, O. Lindqvist, C. Helgesson, Plenum: New York,NY, 1977, 481-486. [all data]

Stull, 1947
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Natalis and Franklin, 1981
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Petrachenko, Vovna, et al., 1993
Petrachenko, N.E.; Vovna, V.I.; Furin, G.G., Photoelectron HeI spectra of fluorinated azo- and azoxy-benzenes, J. Fluorine Chem., 1993, 63, 85. [all data]

Furin, Petrachenko, et al., 1989
Furin, G.G.; Petrachenko, N.E.; Vovna, V.I., Photoelectron spectra of fluorine-containing azoxybenzenes, J. Org. Chem. USSR, 1989, 26, 1725, In original 1998. [all data]

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Delley, R.; Friedrich, K., System CG 72 von bevorzugten Trennflüssigkeiten für die Gas-Chromatographie, Chromatographia, 1977, 10, 10, 593-600, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265037 . [all data]

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Ardrey and Moffat, 1981
Ardrey, R.E.; Moffat, A.C., Gas-liquid chromatographic retention indices of 1318 substances of toxicological interest on SE-30 or OV-1 stationary phase, J. Chromatogr., 1981, 220, 3, 195-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)81925-1 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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