Benzene, 1,1'-(1,4-butanediyl)bis-

• Formula: C₁₆H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 210.3141
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H18/c1-3-9-15(10-4-1)13-7-8-14-16-11-5-2-6-12-16/h1-6,9-12H,7-8,13-14H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GLJFYGFBITUZOE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1083-56-3
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• Other names: Butane, 1,4-diphenyl-; 1,4-Diphenylbutane; 1,4-Diphenyl-n-butane
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₁₆H₁₄ = C₁₆H₁₈

4 +  =

By formula: 4H₂ + C₁₆H₁₀ = C₁₆H₁₈

Gas phase ion energetics data

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IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

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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References

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Coops, Hoijtink, et al., 1953
Coops, J.; Hoijtink, G.J.; Kramer, TH.J.E., Thermochemical investigations on arylethanes. II. Heats of combustion of some para and ortho tolylthanes and phenylbutanes., Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1953, 72, 793. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Serijan and Wise, 1952
Serijan, K.T.; Wise, P.H., Dicyclic hydrocarbons. V. Synthesis and physical properties of the diphenyl- and dicyclohexylbutanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 365-368. [all data]

Wise, Serijan, et al., 1951
Wise, C.H.; Serijan, K.T.; Goodman, I.A., NACA Technical Report 1003, NACA Technical Report 1003, 1951, 1-10. [all data]

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]

Serijan and Wise, 1952, 2
Serijan, K.T.; Wise, P.H., Dicyclic hydrocarbons. V. Synthesis and physical properties of the diphenyl - and dicyclohexylbutanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 365-8. [all data]

Williams, 1942
Williams, R.B., Heats of catalytic hydrogenation in solution. I. Apparatus, technique, and the heats of hydrogenation of certain pairs of stereoisomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1395-1404. [all data]

Davis, Allinger, et al., 1985
Davis, H.E.; Allinger, N.L.; Rogers, D.W., Enthalpies of hydrogenation of phenylalkynes: indirect determination of the enthalpy of formation of diphenylcyclopropenone, J. Org. Chem., 1985, 50, 3601-3604. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Kríz, Popl, et al., 1974
Kríz, J.; Popl, M.; Mostecký, J., Retention indices of biphenyls and diphenylalkanes, J. Chromatogr., 1974, 97, 1, 3-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)97577-6 . [all data]

Shapi and Hesso, 1990
Shapi, M.M.; Hesso, A., Thermal decomposition of polystyrene volatile compounds from large-scale pyrolysis, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 1990, 18, 2, 143-161, https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-2370(90)80004-8 . [all data]

Hathcock and Bertsch, 1993
Hathcock, S.; Bertsch, W., Analysis of volatiles associated with industrial scale processing of expanded polystyrene. Part II: Identification and quantitation, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr., 1993, 16, 11, 651-659, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240161106 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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