p-Benzoquinone, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-

• Formula: C₆Cl₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 245.875
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6Cl4O2/c7-1-2(8)6(12)4(10)3(9)5(1)11 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UGNWTBMOAKPKBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 118-75-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: p-Chloranil; 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-; α-Chloranil; Chloranil; Coversan; Dow Seed Disinfectant No. 5; ENT 3,797; Khloranil; Psorisan; Quinone Tetrachloride; Reranil; Spergon; Spergon I; Spergon Technical; Tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone; Tetrachloro-p-quinone; Tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone; Tetrachlorobenzoquinone; Tetrachloroquinone; Vulklor; 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone; 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone; 2,3,5,6-Tetrachlorobenzoquinone; 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloroquinone; 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione; G-444E; G-25804; Geigy-444e; Tetrachloroparabenzoquinone; 1,4-Benzoquinone, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-; Tetrachlorquinone; ENT 3797; NSC 8432
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Gas phase ion energetics data

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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

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Donnelly, Drewes, et al., 1990
Donnelly, J.R.; Drewes, L.A.; Johnson, R.L.; Munslow, W.D.; Knapp, K.K.; Sovocool, G.W., Purity and heat of fusion data for environmental standards as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, Thermochim. Acta, 1990, 167, 2, 155, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(90)80476-F . [all data]

Coolidge and Coolidge, 1927
Coolidge, A.S.; Coolidge, M.S., The sublimation pressures of substituted quinones and hydroquinones, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1927, 49, 100-104. [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Chihara and Masukane, 1973
Chihara, H.; Masukane, K., Heat capacity of solid tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone(chloranil) between 11 and 300K. Phase transitions at 92K, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 5397-5403. [all data]

Heinis, Chowdhury, et al., 1988
Heinis, T.; Chowdhury, S.; Scott, S.L.; Kebarle, P., Electron Affinities of Benzo-, Naphtho-, and Anthraquinones Determined from Gas-Phase Equilibria Measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 2, 400, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00210a015 . [all data]

Brinkman, Gunther, et al., 1994
Brinkman, E.A.; Gunther, E.; Schafer, O.; Brauman, J.I., Bound Excited Electronic States of Anions, J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 3, 1840, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466535 . [all data]

Fukuda and McIver, 1985
Fukuda, E.K.; McIver, R.T., Jr., Relative electron affinities of substituted benzophenones, nitrobenzenes, and quinones. [Anchored to EA(SO₂) from 74CEL/BEN], J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 2291. [all data]

Cooper, Frey, et al., 1978
Cooper, C.D.; Frey, W.F.; Compton, R.N., Negative ion properties of fluoranil, chloranil, and bromanil: Electron affinities, J. Chem. Phys., 1978, 69, 2367. [all data]

Farragher and Page, 1966
Farragher, A.L.; Page, F.M., Experimental Determination of Electron Affinities. Part 9. - Benzoquinone, Chloranil and Related Compounds, Trans. Farad. Soc., 1966, 62, 3072, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9666203072 . [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]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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