Hydroquinone

• Formula: C₆H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 110.1106
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H6O2/c7-5-1-2-6(8)4-3-5/h1-4,7-8H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QIGBRXMKCJKVMJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-31-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,4-Benzenediol; p-Benzenediol; p-Dihydroxybenzene; p-Dioxybenzene; p-Hydroquinone; p-Hydroxyphenol; Arctuvin; Benzohydroquinone; Benzoquinol; Diak 5; Eldopaque; Eldoquin; Hidroquinone; Hydroquinol; HE 5; Phiaquin; Quinol; Tecquinol; Tenox HQ; 1,4-Dihydroxybenzene; 4-Hydroxyphenol; p-Dioxobenzene; Hydrochinone; Benzene, p-dihydroxy-; Black and White Bleaching Cream; Derma-Blanch; Hydrochinon; Hydroquinole; Idrochinone; NCI-C55834; Tequinol; USAF EK-356; 1,4-Dihydroxy-benzeen; 1,4-Dihydroxy-benzol; 1,4-Dihydroxybenzen; 1,4-Diidrobenzene; UN 2662; Dihydroquinone; Aida; Eldopacque; Eldopaque forte; Eldoquin forte; Solaquin forte; p-Dihydroquinone; Black & White Bleaching Cream; 1,4-Benzenediol (hydroquinone); Artra (Salt/Mix)
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

References

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Sabbah and Buluku, 1991
Sabbah, R.; Buluku, E.N.L.E., Thermodynamic study of three isomers of dihydroxybenzene, Can. J. Chem., 1991, 69, 481-488. [all data]

Pilcher and Sutton, 1956
Pilcher, G.; Sutton, L.E., The heats of combustion of quinol and p-benzoquinone and the thermodynamic quantities of the oxidation-reduction reaction, J. Chem. Soc., 1956, 2695-2700. [all data]

Parks, Manchester, et al., 1954
Parks, G.S.; Manchester, K.E.; Vaughan, L.M., Heats of combustion and formation of some alcohols, phenols, and ketones, J. Chem. Phys., 1954, 22, 2089-2090. [all data]

Pushin, 1954
Pushin, N.A., Heats of combustion and heats of formation of isomeric organic compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belgrade, 1954, 19, 531-547. [all data]

Schreiner, 1925
Schreiner, E., Thermodynamics of the quinhydrone electrode and the chemical constant of hydrogen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1925, 117, 57-87. [all data]

Bret-Dibat and Lichanot, 1989
Bret-Dibat, P.; Lichanot, A., Thermodynamic properties of positional isomers of disubstituted benzene in condensed phase, Thermochim. Acta, 1989, 147(2), 261-271. [all data]

Ueberreiter and Orthmann, 1950
Ueberreiter, K.; Orthmann, H.-J., Specifische Wärme, spezifisches Volumen, Temperatur- und Wärme-leittähigkeit einiger disubstituierter Benzole und polycyclischer Systeme, Z. Natursforsch. 5a, 1950, 101-108. [all data]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1941
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The heat capacities of some organic compounds containing nitrogen and the atomic heat of nitrogen. (3), Sci., Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1941, 38, 238-245. [all data]

Andrews, Lynn, et al., 1926
Andrews, D.H.; Lynn, G.; Johnston, J., The heat capacities and heat of crystallization of some isomeric aromatic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1274-1287. [all data]

Andrews, 1926
Andrews, D.H., The specific heats of some isomers of the type ortho, meta and para C6H4XY from 110 to 340K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1287-1298. [all data]

Lange, 1924
Lange, F., Untersuchungen über die spezifische Wärme bei tiefen Temperaturen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1924, 110, 343-362. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions

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