Benzene, hexachloro-

• Formula: C₆Cl₆
• Molecular weight: 284.782
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6Cl6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CKAPSXZOOQJIBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 118-74-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Perchlorobenzene; Amatin; Anticarie; Bunt-cure; Bunt-no-more; Co-op Hexa; HCB; Julin's carbon chloride; No Bunt; No Bunt Liquid; No Bunt 40; No Bunt 80; Pentachlorophenyl chloride; Sanocide; Snieciotox; 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorobenzene; Hexa C.B.; Hexachlorbenzol; Smut-Go; Ceku C.B.; Esaclorobenzene; Granox nm; Rcra waste number U127; Saatbeizfungizid; Sanocid; UN 2729; Julin's chloride; Phenyl perchloryl; Hexcachlorbenzen; Hexachlorobenzene; Benzene, 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachloro-; NSC 9243
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Platonov and Simulin, 1983
Platonov, V.A.; Simulin, Yu.N., Standard enthalpies of formation of 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, and hexachlorobenzene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1983, 57, 840-842. [all data]

Sinke and Stull, 1958
Sinke, G.C.; Stull, D.R., Heats of combustion of some organic compounds containing chlorine, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 397-401. [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]

Hildenbrand, Kramer, et al., 1958
Hildenbrand, D.L.; Kramer, W.R.; Stull, D.R., The heat capacities of hexachlorobenzene and pentachlorophenol from 15 to 300K, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 958-959. [all data]

Andrews and Haworth, 1928
Andrews, D.H.; Haworth, E., An application of the rule of Dulong and Petit to molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1928, 50, 2998-3002. [all data]

Knighton, Bognar, et al., 1995
Knighton, W.B.; Bognar, J.A.; Grimsrud, E.P., Reactions of Selected Molecular Anions with Oxygen, J. Mass Spectrom., 1995, 30, 4, 557, https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.1190300406 . [all data]

Wiley, Chen, et al., 1991
Wiley, J.R.; Chen, E.C.M.; Chen, E.S.D.; Richardson, P.; Reed, W.R.; Wentworth, W.E., The Determination of Absolute Electron Affinities of Chlorobenzenes, Chloronaphthalenes and Chlorinated Biphenyls from Reduction Potentials, J. Electroanal. Chem. Interfac., 1991, 307, 1-2, 169, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0728(91)85546-2 . [all data]

Sato, Seki, et al., 1981
Sato, N.; Seki, K.; Inokuchi, H., Polarization energies of organic solids determined by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1981, 77, 1621. [all data]

Ruscic, Klasinc, et al., 1981
Ruscic, B.; Klasinc, L.; Wolf, A.; Knop, J.V., Photoelectron spectra of and Ab initio calculations on chlorobenzenes. 3. Hexachlorobenzene, J. Phys. Chem., 1981, 85, 1495. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

Dougherty and McGlynn, 1977
Dougherty, D.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls. 1,4-Benzoquinones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 3234. [all data]

Streets and Ceasar, 1973
Streets, D.G.; Ceasar, G.P., Inductive mesomeric effects on the π orbitals of halobenzenes, Mol. Phys., 1973, 26, 1037. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions

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