Dodecane

• Formula: C₁₂H₂₆
• Molecular weight: 170.3348
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H26/c1-3-5-7-9-11-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-12H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SNRUBQQJIBEYMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 112-40-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: n-Dodecane; Adakane 12; Ba 51-090453; CH3(CH2)10CH3; Bihexyl; Dihexyl; Duodecane; NSC 8714
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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

 +  =

By formula: C₁₂H₂₄ + H₂ = C₁₂H₂₆

=

By formula: C₁₂H₂₆ = C₁₂H₂₆

4 +  =

By formula: 4H₂ + C₁₂H₁₈ = C₁₂H₂₆

 + 4 =

By formula: C₁₂H₁₈ + 4H₂ = C₁₂H₂₆

 +  = C₁₂H₂₆O₃S + 

By formula: C₁₂H₂₆ + H₂O₄S = C₁₂H₂₆O₃S + H₂O

Henry's Law data

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Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Rogers and Skanupong, 1974
Rogers, D.W.; Skanupong, S., Heats of hydrogenation of sixteen terminal monoolefins. The alternating effect, J. Phys. Chem., 1974, 78, 2569-2572. [all data]

Bretschneider and Rogers, 1970
Bretschneider, E.; Rogers, D.W., A new microcalorimeter: heats of hydrogenation of four monoolefins, Mikrochim. Acta, 1970, 482-490. [all data]

Melaugh, Mansson, et al., 1976
Melaugh, R.A.; Mansson, M.; Rossini, F.D., The energy of isomerization of n-dodecane into 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethylheptane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1976, 8, 623-626. [all data]

Flitcroft, Skinner, et al., 1957
Flitcroft, T.; Skinner, H.A.; Whiting, M.C., Heats of hydrogenation Part 1.-Dodeca-3:9 and -5:7 Diynes, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1957, 53, 784-790. [all data]

Roth and Rist-Schumacher, 1944
Roth, W.A.; Rist-Schumacher, E., Beitrag zur thermochemie der sulfonsauren und saurechlorid, Z. Electrochem., 1944, 50, 7-9. [all data]

Lewis and Hamill, 1970
Lewis, D.; Hamill, W.H., Excited states of neutral molecular fragments from appearance potentials by electron impact in a mass spectrometer, J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 6348. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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