Disilane, hexamethyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₈Si₂
• Molecular weight: 146.3781
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H18Si2/c1-7(2,3)8(4,5)6/h1-6H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NEXSMEBSBIABKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1450-14-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Hexamethyldisilane; (CH3)6Si2; Permethyldisilane; CH7280
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Farchan Laboratories, 1990
Farchan Laboratories, Research Chemicals Catalog, Farchan Laboratories, Gainesville, FL, 1990, 91. [all data]

PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

Takagi, Ishikawa, et al., 1986
Takagi, S.; Ishikawa, M.; Kumada, M.; Kimura, T.; Fujishiro, R., Vapor Pressure and Thermo. Prop. of Hexamethyldisilane at 305-387 K, Thermochim. Acta, 1986, 109, 55. [all data]

Suga and Seki, 1959
Suga, H.; Seki, S., On the phase transition of hexamethyldisilane, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1959, 32, 1088. [all data]

Takagi, Ishikawa, et al., 1986, 2
Takagi, Sadao; Ishikawa, Mitsuo; Kumada, Makoto; Kimura, Takayoshi; Fujishiro, Ryoichi, Vapour pressure and thermodynamic properties of hexamethyldisilane at 305--387 K, Thermochimica Acta, 1986, 109, 1, 55-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(86)85007-9 . [all data]

Suga and Seki, 1959, 2
Suga, H.; Seki, S., On the phase transition of hexamethyldisilane, Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 1959, 32, 1088-1093. [all data]

Brockway and Davidson, 1941
Brockway, L.O.; Davidson, N.R., The Molecular Structures of the Dimers of Aluminum Dimethyl Chloride, Aluminum Dimethyl Bromide, and Aluminum Trimethyl and of Hexamethyldisilane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 12, 3287-3297, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01857a018 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
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]

Dallos, Sisak, et al., 2000
Dallos, A.; Sisak, A.; Kulcsár, Z.; Kováts, E., Pair-wise interactions by gas chromatography VII. Interaction free enthalpies of solutes with secondary alcohol groups, J. Chromatogr. A, 2000, 904, 2, 211-242, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)00908-0 . [all data]

Reddy, Dutoit, et al., 1992
Reddy, K.S.; Dutoit, J.-Cl.; Kovats, E. sz., Pair-wise interactions by gas chromatography. I. Interaction free enthalpies of solutes with non-associated primary alcohol groups, J. Chromatogr., 1992, 609, 1-2, 229-259, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(92)80167-S . [all data]

Szekely, Nefedov, et al., 1967
Szekely, T.; Nefedov, O.M.; Garzo, G.; Shiryayav, V.I.; Fritz, D., Gas chromatographic investigation of the thermal decomposition of polydimethylsilylene, Acta Chim. Acad. Sci. Hung., 1967, 54, 3-4, 241-254. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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