1,3,5-Trioxane

• Formula: C₃H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 90.0779
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-4-2-6-3-5-1/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BGJSXRVXTHVRSN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-88-3
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• Other names: s-Trioxane; Formaldehyde, trimer; Triformol; Trioxan; Trioxane; Trioxymethylene; Metaformaldehyde; sym-Trioxane; Trioxin; 1,3,5-Trioxan; s-Trioxan; s-Trixane; Aldeform; Formagene; Marvosan; Paraformaldehyde; Triossimetilene; Trioxymethyleen; Trioxymethylen; 1,3,5-Trioxacyclohexane; NSC 26347
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

4 = 3

By formula: 4C₃H₆O₃ = 3C₄H₈O₄

= 3

By formula: C₃H₆O₃ = 3CH₂O

3 =

By formula: 3CH₂O = C₃H₆O₃

Gas phase ion energetics data

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LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Mansson, Morawetz, et al., 1969
Mansson, M.; Morawetz, E.; Nakase, Y.; Sunner, S., The enthalpies of formation of trioxane and tetroxane, Acta Chem. Scand., 1969, 23, 56-60. [all data]

Walker and Carlisle, 1943
Walker, J.F.; Carlisle, P.J., Trioxane, Chem. Eng. News, 1943, 21, 1250-1251. [all data]

Delepine and Badoche, 1942
Delepine, M.; Badoche, M., Thermochimie de l'aldehyde formique, de l'hexamethylene-tetramine et de ses derive, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1942, 214, 777-780. [all data]

Clegg G.A., 1968
Clegg G.A., Thermodynamics of polymerization of heterocyclic compounds. I. The heat capacity, entropy, and enthalpy of trioxane, Polymer, 1968, 9, 75-79. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1992
Dorofeeva O.V., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of oxygen heterocyclic compounds. Part 2. Six-membered, seven-membered and eight-membered rings, Thermochim. Acta, 1992, 200, 121-150. [all data]

Melia T.P., 1967
Melia T.P., Thermodynamics of addition polymerization. I. The system trioxane-polyoxymethylene, J. Appl. Chem., 1967, 17, 15-17. [all data]

Bogdanova, Bonetskaya, et al., 1971
Bogdanova, K.A.; Bonetskaya, A.K.; Berlin, A.A.; Rakova, G.V.; Enikolopyan, N.S., Thermal effects of trioxane and tetraoxane polymerization, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1971, 197, 618-620. [all data]

Busfield and Merigold, 1969
Busfield, W.K.; Merigold, D., The gas-phase equilibrium between trioxan and formaldehyde: The standard enthalpy and entropy of the trimerisation of formaldehyde, J. Chem. Soc. A, 1969, 19, 2975-2977. [all data]

Sweigart and Turner, 1972
Sweigart, D.A.; Turner, D.W., Lone pair orbitals and their interactions studied by photoelectron spectroscopy. II. Equivalent orbitals in saturated oxygen and sulfur J. Heterocycl. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 5599. [all data]

Kumakura, Sugiura, et al., 1968
Kumakura, M.; Sugiura, T.; Okamura, S., Characteristics of RPD ion source of time-of-flight mass spectrometer, and measurement of the ionization potential and the appearance potentials of trioxymethylene, Mass Spectry. (Tokyo), 1968, 16, 16. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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