Cyclohexane

• Formula: C₆H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 84.1595
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XDTMQSROBMDMFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-82-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Cyclohexane, d12
  • Cyclohexane, d12
  • Cyclohexane, d12
  • Cyclohexane-d12
  • Cyclohexane-1,2,3-d6
  • Hephane-d16
• Other names: Benzene, hexahydro-; Hexahydrobenzene; Hexamethylene; Hexanaphthene; Cicloesano; Cykloheksan; Rcra waste number U056; UN 1145; NSC 406835
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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
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
B - John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₀ + H₂ = C₆H₁₂

 +  = ( • )

By formula: H₄N⁺ + C₆H₁₂ = (H₄N⁺ • C₆H₁₂)

Free energy of reaction

C₆H₆⁺ +  = (C₆H₆⁺ • )

By formula: C₆H₆⁺ + C₆H₁₂ = (C₆H₆⁺ • C₆H₁₂)

Free energy of reaction

C₆H₁₁^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₁^- + H⁺ = C₆H₁₂

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₂

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₂

C₃H₉Si⁺ +  = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • )

By formula: C₃H₉Si⁺ + C₆H₁₂ = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • C₆H₁₂)

3 +  =

By formula: 3H₂ + C₆H₆ = C₆H₁₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: HI + C₆H₁₁I = C₆H₁₂ + I₂

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Li⁺ + C₆H₁₂ = (Li⁺ • C₆H₁₂)

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₂

=  + 

By formula: C₆H₁₂O = C₆H₁₂ + H₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₆H₁₁Cl + HCl = C₆H₁₂ + Cl₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

References

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Deakyne and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985
Deakyne, C.A.; Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Unconventional Ionic Hydrogen Bonds. 2. NH+ pi. Complexes of Onium Ions with Olefins and Benzene Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 2, 474, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00288a034 . [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner), Hamlet, et al., 1978
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M.; Hamlet, P.; Hunter, E.P.; Field, F.H., Bonding Energies in Association Ions of Aromatic Molecules. Correlations with Ionization Energies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 17, 5466, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00485a034 . [all data]

Peerboom, Rademaker, et al., 1992
Peerboom, R.A.L.; Rademaker, G.J.; Dekoning, L.J.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Stabilization of Cycloalkyl Carbanions in the Gas Phase, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 1992, 6, 6, 394, https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290060608 . [all data]

Bohme, Lee-Ruff, et al., 1972
Bohme, D.K.; Lee-Ruff, E.; Young, L.B., Acidity order of selected bronsted acids in the gas phase at 300K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 5153. [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]

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]

Li and Stone, 1989
Li, X.; Stone, J.A., Determination of the beta silicon effect from a mass spectrometric study of the association of trimethylsilylium ion with alkenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 15, 5586, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00197a013 . [all data]

Brennan and Ubbelohde, 1956
Brennan, D.; Ubbelohde, A.R., A thermochemical evaluation of bond strengths in some carbon compounds. Part IV. Bond-strength differences based on the reaction: RI + HI = RH + I₂, where R = p-methoxyphenyl and cyclohexyl, J. Chem. Soc., 1956, 3011-3016. [all data]

Staley and Beauchamp, 1975
Staley, R.H.; Beauchamp, J.L., Intrinsic Acid - Base Properties of Molecules. Binding Energies of Li+ to pi - and n - Donor Bases, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 20, 5920, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00853a050 . [all data]

Dzidic and Kebarle, 1970
Dzidic, I.; Kebarle, P., Hydration of the Alkali Ions in the Gas Phase. Enthalpies and Entropies of Reactions M+(H2O)n-1 + H2O = M+(H2O)n, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 7, 1466, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100702a013 . [all data]

Glasebrook and Lovell, 1939
Glasebrook, A.L.; Lovell, W.G., The isomerization of cyclohexane and methylcyclopentane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 1717-1720. [all data]

Fedoseenko, Yursha, et al., 1983
Fedoseenko, V.I.; Yursha, I.A.; Kabo, G.Ya., Equilibrium and thermodynamics of cyclohexanol dehydrogenation reactions, Dokl. Akad. Nauk BSSR, 1983, 27, 926-929. [all data]

Kirkbride, 1956
Kirkbride, F.W., The heats of chlorination of some hydrocarbons and their chloro-derivatives, J. Appl. Chem., 1956, 6, 11-21. [all data]

Kabo and Andreevskii, 1973
Kabo, G.Ya.; Andreevskii, D.N., Thermodynamic characteristics of the cyclohexane = methylcyclopentane isomerization, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1973, 47, 272-273. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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