1,4-Dioxane

• Formula: C₄H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 88.1051
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-2-6-4-3-5-1/h1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RYHBNJHYFVUHQT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-91-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: p-Dioxane; p-Dioxan; Di(ethylene oxide); Diethylene dioxide; Diethylene ether; Dioxan; Dioxane; Dioxyethylene ether; 1,4-Diethylene dioxide; 1,4-Dioxan; 1,4-Dioxacyclohexane; Glycol ethylene ether; Tetrahydro-p-dioxin; Diokan; Dioksan; Diossano-1,4; Dioxaan-1,4; Dioxan-1,4; Dioxane-1,4; Dioxanne; NCI-C03689; Tetrahydro-1,4-dioxin; p-Dioxin, tetrahydro-; Rcra waste number U108; UN 1165; 1,4-Dioxin, tetrahydro-; 1,4-Diethyleneoxide; Glycol ethylene ether 8; NE 220; NSC 8728
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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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 liquid

Phase change data

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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:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

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

Entropy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

References

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Bystrm and Mansson, 1982
Bystrm, K.; Mansson, M., Enthalpies of formation of some cyclic 1,3- and 1,4-Di- and poly-ethers: Thermochemical strain in the -O-C-O and -O-C-C-O- groups, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1982, 565. [all data]

Snelson and Skinner, 1961
Snelson, A.; Skinner, H.A., Heats of combustion: sec-propanol, 1,4-dioxan, 1,3-dioxan and tetrahydropyran, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1961, 57, 2125-2131. [all data]

Roth and Meyer, 1933
Roth, W.A.; Meyer, I., Einige physikalisch-chemische konstanten des dioxans, Z. Electrochem., 1933, 39, 35-37. [all data]

Herz and Lorentz, 1929
Herz, W.; Lorentz, E., Physikalisch-chemische Untersuchungen an Dioxan, Z. Phys. Chem., 1929, 140, 406-422. [all data]

Jacobs and Parks, 1934
Jacobs, C.J.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIV. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for cyclic substances, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1513-1517. [all data]

Grolier, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1993
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Berkane, M.; Jimenez, E.; Wilhelm, E., Heat capacities and densities of mixtures of very polar substances 2. Mixtures containing N,N-dimethylformamide, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1993, 25(1), 41-50. [all data]

Trejo, Costas, et al., 1991
Trejo, L.M.; Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Excess heat capacity of organic mixtures, Internat. DATA Series, Selected Data Mixt., 1991, Ser. [all data]

Barta, Kooner, et al., 1989
Barta, L.; Kooner, Z.S.; Hepler, L.G.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Thermodynamics of complex formation in chloroform and 1,4-dioxane, Can. J. Chem., 1989, 67, 1225-1229. [all data]

Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1984
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Inglese, A.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar heat capacities of (1,4-dioxane + an n-alkane): an unusual composition dependence, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1984, 16, 67-71. [all data]

Inglese, Grolier, et al., 1984
Inglese, A.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Wilhelm, E., Excess volumes and excess heat capacities of oxane + cyclohexane and 1,4-dioxane + cyclohexane, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1984, 15, 287-294. [all data]

Inglese, Castagnolo, et al., 1981
Inglese, A.; Castagnolo, M.; Dell'Atti, A.; DeGiglio, A., Thermochim. Acta, 1981, 77-87. [all data]

Murthy and Subrahmanyam, 1979
Murthy, N.M.; Subrahmanyam, S.V., Behavior of excess heat capacity of the water + p-dioxane system, Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys., 1979, 17(9), 620-622. [all data]

Bonner and Cerutti, 1976
Bonner, O.D.; Cerutti, P.J., The partial molar heat capacities of some solutes in water and deuterium oxide, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1976, 8, 105-111. [all data]

Conti, Gianni, et al., 1976
Conti, G.; Gianni, P.; Matteoli, E.; Mengheri, M., Capacita termiche molari di alcuni composti organici mono- e bifunzionali nel liquido puro e in soluzione acquosa a 25C, Chim. Ind. (Milan), 1976, 58, 225. [all data]

Deshpande and Bhatagadde, 1971
Deshpande, D.D.; Bhatagadde, L.G., Heat capacities at constant volume, free volumes, and rotational freedom in some liquids, Aust. J. Chem., 1971, 24, 1817-1822. [all data]

Hyder Khan and Subrahmanyam, 1971
Hyder Khan, V.; Subrahmanyam, S.V., Excess thermodynamic functions of the systems: benzene + p-xylene and benzene + p-dioxan, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971, 67, 2282-2291. [all data]

Subrahmanyam and Khan, 1969
Subrahmanyam, S.V.; Khan, V.H., Thermodynamics of the system benzene - p-dioxane, Curr. Sci., 1969, 38, 510-511. [all data]

Jacobs and Parks, 1934, 2
Jacobs, C.J.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIV. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for cyclic substances, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1513-17. [all data]

Cristou, Young, et al., 1991
Cristou, G.; Young, C.L.; Svejda, P., Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1991, 67, 45-53. [all data]

Glaser and Ruland, 1957
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Kobe, Ravicz, et al., 1956
Kobe, K.A.; Ravicz, A.E.; Vohra, S.P., Critical Properties and Vapor Pressures of Some Ethers and Heterocyclic Compounds, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1956, 1, 50. [all data]

Hojendahl, 1946
Hojendahl, K., Dielectric Constant, Viscosity, Surface Tension, and Critical Data of Boron Tribromide, Dioxane, and Ethylene Dichloride, Mat.-Fys. Medd. - K. Dan. Vidensk. Selsk., 1946, 24, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
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Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
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Castellari, Comelli, et al., 1984
Castellari, Carlo; Comelli, Fabio; Francesconi, Romolo, Vapor-liquid equilibria in binary systems containing 1,3-dioxolane at isobaric conditions. 4. Binary mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane with 1,4-dioxane and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984, 29, 2, 126-128, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00036a008 . [all data]

Vinson and Martin, 1963
Vinson, Carl G.; Martin, Joseph J., Heat of Vaporization and Vapor Pressure of 1,4-Dioxane., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 1, 74-75, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60016a021 . [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Gallaugher and Hibbert, 1937
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Hovorka, Schaefer, et al., 1936
Hovorka, Frank; Schaefer, Ralph A.; Dreisbach, Dale, The System Dioxane and Water, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 11, 2264-2267, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01302a051 . [all data]

Crenshaw, Cope, et al., 1938
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Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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