Cyclohexane, ethyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 112.2126
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16/c1-2-8-6-4-3-5-7-8/h8H,2-7H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IIEWJVIFRVWJOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1678-91-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ethylcyclohexane
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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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₈H₁₄ + H₂ = C₈H₁₆

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₈H₁₄ = C₈H₁₆

 + 4 =

By formula: C₈H₈ + 4H₂ = C₈H₁₆

 + 3 =

By formula: C₈H₁₀ + 3H₂ = C₈H₁₆

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₈H₁₄ = C₈H₁₆

Gas phase ion energetics data

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LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949
Huffman, H.M.; Todd, S.S.; Oliver, G.D., Low Temperature Thermal Data on Eight C8H16 Alkylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 584. [all data]

Parks, Moore, et al., 1949
Parks, G.S.; Moore, G.E.; Renquist, M.L.; Naylor, B.F.; McClaine, L.A.; Fujii, P.S.; Hatton, J.A., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds. XXV. Some Heat Capacity, Entropy and Free Energy Data for Nine Hydrocarbons of High Molecular Weight, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 10, 3386, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01178a034 . [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945
Willingham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of some paraffin, alkylcyclopentane, alkylcyclohexane, and alkylbenzene hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1945, 35, 3, 219-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009 . [all data]

Svoboda, Charvátová, et al., 1981
Svoboda, Václav; Charvátová, Vladimíra; Majer, Vladimír; Pick, Jirí, Determination of heats of vaporization and some other thermodynamic quantities for four alkylcycloparaffins, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1981, 46, 12, 2983-2988, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19812983 . [all data]

Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949, 2
Huffman, H.M.; Todd, S.S.; Oliver, G.D., Low temperature thermal data on eight C₈H₁₆ alkylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 584-592. [all data]

Mandanici, Cutroni, et al., 2006
Mandanici, Andrea; Cutroni, Maria; Triolo, Alessandro; Rodriguez-Mora, Virginia; Ramos, Miguel A., Thermodynamic study of alkyl-cyclohexanes in liquid, glassy, and crystalline states, J. Chem. Phys., 2006, 125, 5, 054514, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2238863 . [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]

Parks, Moore, et al., 1949, 2
Parks, G.S.; Moore, G.E.; Renquist, M.L.; Naylor, B.F.; McClaine, L.A.; Fujii, P.S.; Hatton, J.A., Thermal data on organic compounds. XXV. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for nine hydrocarbons of high molecular weight, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 3386-3389. [all data]

Rogers and McLafferty, 1971
Rogers, D.W.; McLafferty, F.J., A new hydrogen calorimeter. Heats of hydrogenation of allyl and vinyl unsaturation adjacent to a ring, Tetrahedron, 1971, 27, 3765-3775. [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]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1937
Dolliver, M.a.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. V. Heats of hydrogenation of various hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 831-841. [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]

Sieck and Mautner(Meot-Ner), 1982
Sieck, L.W.; Mautner(Meot-Ner), M., Ionization energies and entropies of cycloalkanes. Kinetics of free energy controlled charge-transfer reactions, J. Phys. Chem., 1982, 86, 3646. [all data]

Rang, Paldoia, et al., 1974
Rang, S.; Paldoia, P.; Talvari, A., Ionization potentials of unsaturated hydrocarbons. 2. Mono-substituted cyclopentenes and cyclohexenes, Eesti. NSV Tead. Akad. Toim., 1974, 354. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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