Anthracene

Formula: C₁₄H₁₀
Molecular weight: 178.2292
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H10/c1-2-6-12-10-14-8-4-3-7-13(14)9-11(12)5-1/h1-10H
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MWPLVEDNUUSJAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 120-12-7
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Isotopologues:
- Anthracene-D10-
Other names: Anthracin; Green Oil; Paranaphthalene; Tetra Olive N2G; Anthracene oil; p-Naphthalene; Anthracen; Coal tar pitch volatiles:anthracene; Sterilite hop defoliant
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Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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

Δ_cH°_solid (kcal/mol)	Method	Reference	Comment
-1688.3 ± 1.3	Ccr	Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 30.002 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1689.17 ± 0.41	Ccb	Coleman and Pilcher, 1966	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 30.88 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1686.1 ± 1.0	Ccb	Mackle and O'Hare, 1963	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 27.84 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1687.1	Ccb	Bender and Farber, 1952	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 28.8 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1689.75 ± 0.38	Ccb	Magnus, Hartmann, et al., 1951	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 31.46 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1683.99 ± 0.67	Ccb	Parks, West, et al., 1946	Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1683.84 ± 0.67 kcal/mol; see Richardson and Parks, 1939; Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 25.70 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1689.85 ± 0.68	Ccb	Fries, Walter, et al., 1935	Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1688.8 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 31.56 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1687.33	Ccb	Milone and Rossignoli, 1932	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 29.04 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-1686.3	Ccb	Burriel, 1931	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 28.0 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

References

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Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983
Metzger, R.M.; Kuo, C.S.; Arafat, E.S., A semi-micro rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 841-851. [all data]

Coleman and Pilcher, 1966
Coleman, D.J.; Pilcher, G., Heats of combustion of biphenyl, bibenzyl, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 821-827. [all data]

Mackle and O'Hare, 1963
Mackle, H.; O'Hare, P.A.G., A high-precision aneroid semi-micro combustion calorimeter, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2693-2701. [all data]

Bender and Farber, 1952
Bender, P.; Farber, J., The heats of combustion of anthracene transannular peroxide and dianthracene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 1450-1452. [all data]

Magnus, Hartmann, et al., 1951
Magnus, A.; Hartmann, H.; Becker, F., Verbrennungswarmen und resonanzenergien von mehrkernigen aromatischen kohlenwasserstoffen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1951, 197, 75-91. [all data]

Parks, West, et al., 1946
Parks, G.S.; West, T.J.; Naylor, B.F.; Fujii, P.S.; McClaine, L.A., Thermal data on organic compounds. XXIII. Modern combustion data for fourteen hydrocarbons and five polyhydroxy alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2524-2527. [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]

Richardson and Parks, 1939
Richardson, J.W.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIX. Modern combustion data for some non-volatile compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 3543-3546. [all data]

Fries, Walter, et al., 1935
Fries, K.; Walter, R.; Schilling, K., Uber tricyclische verbindungen in denen naphtalin mit einem heterocyclus anelliert ist, Ann. Chim., 1935, 516, 248-285. [all data]

Milone and Rossignoli, 1932
Milone, M.; Rossignoli, P., Sul calore di combustione di alcune miscele di composti organici, Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1932, 62, 644-655. [all data]

Burriel, 1931
Burriel, F., 7. Estudio fisico-quimico de algunos compuestos organicos solidos a la temperatura ordinaria, que se proponen como patrones de temperatura, An. R. Soc. Esp. Fis. Quim., 1931, 29, 89-125. [all data]

Notes

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Δ_cH°_solid Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
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