Naphthalene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-

• Formula: C₁₀H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 132.2023
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H12/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h1-2,5-6H,3-4,7-8H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CXWXQJXEFPUFDZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 119-64-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydronaphthalene-d12
• Other names: Tetralin; Benzocyclohexane; Tetrahydronaphthalene; Tetraline; Tetranap; 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydronaphthalene; Naphthalene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydride; δ(5,7,9)-Naphthantriene; Bacticin; Tetralina; NSC 77451; tetralene
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  • UV/Visible spectrum
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
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

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₁₀H₈ = C₁₀H₁₂

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₁₀H₁₀ = C₁₀H₁₂

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₁₀H₁₀ = C₁₀H₁₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Proton affinity at 298K

Gas basicity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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UV/Visible spectrum

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References

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Good and Lee, 1976
Good, W.D.; Lee, S.H., The enthalpies of formation of selected naphthalenes, diphenylmethanes, and bicyclic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1976, 8, 643-650. [all data]

Boyd, Sanwal, et al., 1971
Boyd, R.H.; Sanwal, S.N.; Shary-Tehrany, S.; McNally, D., The thermochemistry, thermodynamic functions, and molecular structures of some cyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1264-1271. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1988
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Gaseous Phase. Institute for High Temperatures, USSR Academy of Sciences, Preprint No.1-238 (in Russian), Moscow, 1988. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
Dorofeeva O.V., On calculation of thermodynamic properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Thermochim. Acta, 1986, 102, 59-66. [all data]

Frenkel M., 1994
Frenkel M., Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds in the Gas State, Vol. I, II, Thermodynamics Research Center, College Station, Texas, 1994, 1994. [all data]

Boyd R.H., 1971
Boyd R.H., The thermochemistry, thermodynamic functions, and molecular structures of some cyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1264-1271. [all data]

Szekely, 1955
Szekely, A., Semiempirical method for calculating thermodynamic properties. The thermodynamic data of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, Acta Chim. Acad. Sci. Hung., 1955, 5, 317-339. [all data]

Vvedenskii A.A., 1957
Vvedenskii A.A., Reaction equilibrium of hydrocarbons. X. Heat capacity of naphthalene, tetrahydronaphthalene, and decahydronaphthalene, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1957, 27, 2052-2054. [all data]

Frye and Weitkamp, 1969
Frye, C.G.; Weitkamp, A.W., Equilibrium hydrogenations of multi-ring aromatics, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 372-376. [all data]

Wilson, Caflisch, et al., 1958
Wilson, T.P.; Caflisch, E.G.; Hurley, G.F., The naphthalene-tetralin-hydrogen equilibrium at elevated temperature and pressure, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 1059. [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]

Williams, 1942
Williams, R.B., Heats of catalytic hydrogenation in solution. I. Apparatus, technique, and the heats of hydrogenation of certain pairs of stereoisomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1395-1404. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Aue, Guidoni, et al., 2000
Aue, D.H.; Guidoni, M.; Betowski, L.D., Ab initio calculated gas-phase basicities of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 201, 283. [all data]

Dass and Gross, 1985
Dass, C.; Gross, M.L., The question of cyclic versus acyclic ions: The structure of [C₆H₁₀]⁺ gas phase ions, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1985, 20, 34. [all data]

Mautner(Meot-Ner), 1980
Mautner(Meot-Ner), M., Ion thermochemistry of low volatility compounds in the gas phase. 3. Polycyclic aromatics: Ionization energies, proton, and hydrogen affinities. Extrapolations to graphite, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 2716. [all data]

Pitt, 1970
Pitt, C.G., Hyperconjugation: An alternative to the concept of the p_π-d_π bond in Group IV chemistry, J. Organomet. Chem., 1970, 23, 35. [all data]

Loudon, Maccoll, et al., 1970
Loudon, A.G.; Maccoll, A.; Wong, S.K., Comparison between unimolecular gas phase pyrolysis and electron impact fragmentation. Part I. The mass spectra of tetralin and some related heterocycles, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1970, 1727. [all data]

Meier, Heiss, et al., 1968
Meier, H.; Heiss, J.; Suhr, H.; Muller, E., Energetische Untersuchungen zum Mills-Nixon-Effekt. Ionisierungsenergien von Benzolmolekulen mit ankondensierten gesattigten Ringen, Tetrahedron, 1968, 24, 2307. [all data]

Maier and Turner, 1973
Maier, J.P.; Turner, D.W., Steric inhibition of resonance studied by molecular photoelectron spectroscopy. Part 2. Phenylethylenes, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 196. [all data]

Brogli, Giovannini, et al., 1973
Brogli, F.; Giovannini, E.; Heilbronner, E.; Schurter, R., Die photoelektronen spektren der benzocycloalkene, Chem. Ber., 1973, 106, 961. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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