Cyclopentane, methylene-

• Formula: C₆H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 82.1436
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H10/c1-6-4-2-3-5-6/h1-5H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NFJPEKRRHIYYES-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1528-30-9
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• Other names: Methylenecyclopentane; 1-Methylenecyclopentane
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Phase change data

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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₀

Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Labbauf and Rossini, 1961
Labbauf, A.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion, formation, and hydrogenation of 14 selected cyclomonoolefin hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem., 1961, 65, 476-480. [all data]

Anonymous, 1958
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Ohio State Univ., 1958. [all data]

Allinger, Dodziuk, et al., 1982
Allinger, N.L.; Dodziuk, H.; Rogers, D.W.; Naik, S.N., Heats of hydrogenation and formation of some 5-membered ring compounds by molecular mechanics calculations and direct measurements, Tetrahedron, 1982, 38, 1593-1597. [all data]

Turner and Garner, 1958
Turner, R.B.; Garner, R.H., Heats of hydrogenation. V. Relative stabilities in certain exocyclic-endocyclic olefin pairs, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 1424-1430. [all data]

Turner and Garner, 1957
Turner, R.B.; Garner, R.H., Heats of hydrogenation. V. Relative stabilities in certain exocyclic-endocyclic olefin pairs, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 80, 1424-1430. [all data]

Turner and Garner, 1957, 2
Turner, R.B.; Garner, R.H., The stability relationship of 1-methyl-cyclopentene and methylenecyclopentane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 253. [all data]

Yursha and Kabo, 1975
Yursha, I.A.; Kabo, G.Ya., Thermodynamics of the isomerisation of methylcyclopentines, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1975, 49, 765-766. [all data]

Diez, Guillen, et al., 1990
Diez, M.A.; Guillen, M.D.; Blanco, C.G.; Bermejo, J., Chromatographic study of methylcyclopentadiene dimers and iso-dimers and determination of their boiling points, J. Chromatogr., 1990, 508, 363-374, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)91279-2 . [all data]

Bermejo, Blanco, et al., 1987
Bermejo, J.; Blanco, C.G.; Diez, M.A.; Guillén, M.D., Kováts retention indices of selected mono and polycyclic olefins, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr. Chromatogr. Comm., 1987, 10, 8, 461-463, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240100809 . [all data]

Schomburg, 1966
Schomburg, G., Gaschromatographische Retentionsdaten und struktur chemischer verbindungen. III. Alkylverzweigte und ungesättigte cyclische Kohlenwasserstoffe, J. Chromatogr., 1966, 23, 18-41, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)98653-4 . [all data]

Chen, 2008
Chen, H.-F., Quantitative prediction of gas chromatography retention indices with support vector machines, radial basis neutral networks and multiple linear regression, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2008, 609, 1, 24-36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2008.01.003 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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