1,3-Pentadiene, (E)-

• Formula: C₅H₈
• Molecular weight: 68.1170
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H8/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-5H,1H2,2H3/b5-4+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PMJHHCWVYXUKFD-SNAWJCMRSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2004-70-8
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• Stereoisomers:
  • 1,3-Pentadiene, (Z)-
  • 1,3-Pentadiene
• Other names: (E)-1,3-Pentadiene; trans-Piperylene; trans-1-Methylbutadiene; trans-1,3-Pentadiene; (E)-CH2=CHCH=CHCH3; 1,trans-3-Pentadiene; Pentadiene-1,3,trans; trans-penta-1,3-diene
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₅H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₅H₇^- + H⁺ = C₅H₈

=

By formula: C₅H₈ = C₅H₈

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + C₅H₈ = (Cl^- • C₅H₈)

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + C₅H₈ = (Cl^- • C₅H₈)

UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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References

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Fraser and Prosen, 1955
Fraser, F.M.; Prosen, E.J., Heats of combustion and isomerization of six pentadienes and spiropentane, J. Res. NBS, 1955, 54, 143-148. [all data]

Messerly J.F., 1970
Messerly J.F., Chemical thermodynamic properties of the pentadienes. Third law studies, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 227-232. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Petrova-Kuminskaya S.V., 1986
Petrova-Kuminskaya S.V., Thermodynamic properties of 1,4-pentadiene and trans-1,3-pentadiene calculated by statistical thermodynamics method, Vestn. Beloruss. Univ., Ser. 2, 1986, 6-8. [all data]

Compton D.A.C., 1977
Compton D.A.C., Conformations of conjugated hydrocarbons. Part 2. A spectroscopic and thermodynamic study of cis- and trans-penta-1,3-diene, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1977, 1311-1315. [all data]

Zimmerman, Gygax, et al., 1978
Zimmerman, A.H.; Gygax, R.; Brauman, J.I., Electron photodetachment spectroscopy of polyene anions. Electron affinities of pentadienyl and heptatrienyl radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 5595. [all data]

Egger and Benson, 1965
Egger, K.W.; Benson, S.W., Nitric oxide and iodine catalyzed isomerization of olefins. IV. Thermodynamic data from equilibrium studies of the geometrical isomerization of 1,3-pentadiene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1965, 87, 3311-3314. [all data]

French, Ikuta, et al., 1982
French, M.A.; Ikuta, S.; Kebarle, P., Hydrogen bonding of O-H and C-H hydrogen donors to Cl^-. Results from mass spectrometric measurement of the ion-molecule equilibria RH + Cl^- = RHCl^-, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 1907. [all data]

Fihtengolts, et al., 1969
Fihtengolts, V.S., et al., Atlas of UV Absorption Spectra of Substances Used in Synthetic Rubber Manufacture, 1969, 10. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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