n-Hexane

• Formula: C₆H₁₄
• Molecular weight: 86.1754
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14/c1-3-5-6-4-2/h3-6H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VLKZOEOYAKHREP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-54-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Hexane-d14
  • Hexane-d7
• Other names: Hexane; Skellysolve B; n-C6H14; Esani; Heksan; Hexanen; Hexyl hydride; Gettysolve-B; NCI-C60571; NSC 68472
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₄

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₄

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₂ + H₂ = C₆H₁₄

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₄

3 +  =

By formula: 3H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₄

3 +  =

By formula: 3H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₄

4 +  =

By formula: 4H₂ + C₆H₆ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

4 +  =

By formula: 4H₂ + C₆H₆ = C₆H₁₄

C₅O₅W (g) +  (g) = C₁₁H₁₄O₅W (g)

By formula: C₅O₅W (g) + C₆H₁₄ (g) = C₁₁H₁₄O₅W (g)

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₄ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₄ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₄ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₄ = C₆H₁₄

5 +  =

By formula: 5H₂ + C₆H₄ = C₆H₁₄

5 +  =

By formula: 5H₂ + C₆H₄ = C₆H₁₄

3 + C₆H₈ =

By formula: 3H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₄

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.

Fang and Rogers, 1992
Fang, W.; Rogers, D.W., Enthalpy of hydrogenation of the hexadienes and cis- and trans-1,3,5-hexatriene, J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 2294-2297. [all data]

Molnar, Rachford, et al., 1984
Molnar, A.; Rachford, R.; Smith, G.V.; Liu, R., Heats of hydrogenation by a simple and rapid flow calorimetric method, Appl. Catal., 1984, 9, 219-223. [all data]

Turner, Mallon, et al., 1973
Turner, R.B.; Mallon, B.J.; Tichy, M.; Doering, W.v.E.; Roth, W.R.; Schroder, G., Heats of hydrogenation. X. Conjugative interaction in cyclic dienes and trienes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 8605-8610. [all data]

Kistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1936
Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Ruhoff, J.R.; Smith, H.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. IV. Hydrogenation of some dienes and of benzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 146-153. [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]

Rogers, Crooks, et al., 1987
Rogers, D.W.; Crooks, E.; Dejroongruang, K., Enthalpies of hydrogenation of the hexenes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 1209-1215. [all data]

Rogers and Crooks, 1983
Rogers, D.W.; Crooks, E.L., Enthalpies of hydrogenation of the isomers of n-hexene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 1087-1092. [all data]

Rogers, Papadimetriou, et al., 1975
Rogers, D.W.; Papadimetriou, P.M.; Siddiqui, N.A., An improved hydrogen microcalorimeter for use with large molecules, Mikrochim. Acta, 1975, 2, 389-400. [all data]

Rogers and Siddiqui, 1975
Rogers, D.W.; Siddiqui, N.A., Heats of hydrogenation of large molecules. I. Esters of unsaturated fatty acids, J. Phys. Chem., 1975, 79, 574-577. [all data]

Skinner and Snelson, 1959
Skinner, H.A.; Snelson, A., Heats of hydrogenation Part 3., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 405-407. [all data]

Roth, Kirmse, et al., 1982
Roth, W.R.; Kirmse, W.; Hoffmann, W.; Lennartz, H.W., Heats of hydrogenation. III. Effect of fluoro substituents on the thermal rearrangement of cyclopropane systems, Chem. Ber., 1982, 115, 2508-2515. [all data]

Roth, Hopf, et al., 1994
Roth, W.R.; Hopf, H.; Horn, C., Propargyl-Stabilisierungsenergie, Chem. Ber., 1994, 127, 1781-1795. [all data]

Brown, Ishikawa, et al., 1990
Brown, C.E.; Ishikawa, Y.; Hackett, P.A.; Rayner, D.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 2530. [all data]

Rogers, Dagdagan, et al., 1979
Rogers, D.W.; Dagdagan, O.A.; Allinger, N.L., Heats of hydrogenation and formation of linear alkynes and a molecular mechanics interpretation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 671-676. [all data]

Prosen and Rossini, 1941
Prosen, E.J.R.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of isomerization of the five hexanes, J. Res. NBS, 1941, 27, 289-310. [all data]

Roth, Adamczak, et al., 1991
Roth, W.R.; Adamczak, O.; Breuckmann, R.; Lennartz, H.-W.; Boese, R., Die Berechnung von Resonanzenergien; das MM2ERW-Kraftfeld, Chem. Ber., 1991, 124, 2499-2521. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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