(E)-1,3-Hexadiene

• Formula: C₆H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 82.1436
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H10/c1-3-5-6-4-2/h3,5-6H,1,4H2,2H3/b6-5+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AHAREKHAZNPPMI-AATRIKPKSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 20237-34-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 1,3-Hexadiene
• Stereoisomers:
  • cis-1,3-hexadiene
  • C2H5CH=CHCH=CH2
  • cis-1,3-Hexadiene
• Other names: 1,3-Hexadiene, (E)-; 1,trans-3-hexadiene
• Information on this page:
  • Phase change data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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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

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₀

=

By formula: C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₀

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By formula: C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₀

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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, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Anonymous, 1963
Anonymous, R., , E. I. Du Pont, 1963. [all data]

Fang and Rogers, 1992
Fang, W.; Rogers, D.W., Enthalpy of hydrogenation of the hexadienes and cis- and trans-1,3,5-hexatriene, J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 2294-2297. [all data]

Petrova-Kuminskaya, Roganov, et al., 1984
Petrova-Kuminskaya, S.V.; Roganov, G.N.; Kabo, G.Ya., Enthalpies of formation and isomerization of alkadienes, Probl. Kalorim. Khim. Termodin., Dokl. Vses. Konf., 10th, 1984, 1, 234-236. [all data]

Petrova-Kuminskaya, Baranov, et al., 1983
Petrova-Kuminskaya, S.V.; Baranov, O.M.; Roganov, G.N.; Kabo, G.Ya., Equilibrium and thermodynamics of the isomerization of hexadienes, Neftekhimiya, 1983, 23, 489-494. [all data]

Petrova-Kuminskaya, Roganov, et al., 1984, 2
Petrova-Kuminskaya, S.V.; Roganov, G.N.; Kabo, G.Ya., Equilibrium of isomerization of 2-methylpentadienes, Neftekhimiya, 1984, 24, 485-490. [all data]

Buechele, Weitz, et al., 1984
Buechele, J.L.; Weitz, E.; Lewis, F.D., Laser-induced infrared multiphoton isomerization reactions of 2,4- and 1,3-hexadienes, J. Phys. Chem., 1984, 88, 868-876. [all data]

Safina, Poznyak, et al., 1989
Safina, L.R.; Poznyak, T.I.; Lisitsyn, D.M.; Kiseleva, E.V.; Kovalev, G.I., Selective gas-chromatographic determination of trace unsaturated and aromatic-hydrocarbons in complex-mixtures, J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 1989, 44, 5, 749-754. [all data]

Bajus, Veselý, et al., 1979
Bajus, M.; Veselý, V.; Leclercq, P.A.; Rijks, J.A., Steam cracking of hydrocarbons. 2. Pyrolysis of methylcyclohexane, Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev., 1979, 18, 2, 135-142, https://doi.org/10.1021/i360070a012 . [all data]

Hively and Hinton, 1968
Hively, R.A.; Hinton, R.E., Variation of the retention index with temperature on squalane substrates, J. Gas Chromatogr., 1968, 6, 4, 203-217, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/6.4.203 . [all data]

Schomburg, 1966
Schomburg, G., Gaschromatographische Retentionsdaten und Struktur Chemischer Verbindungen. II. Methylverzweigungen und Doppelbindungen in Offenkettigen Kohlenwasserstoffen, J. Chromatogr., 1966, 23, 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)98652-2 . [all data]

Chupalov and Zenkevich, 1996
Chupalov, A.A.; Zenkevich, I.G., Chromatographic Characterization of Structural Transformations of Organic Compounds in Diels-Alder Reaction. Aliphatic Dienes and Dienophyls, Zh. Org. Khim., 1996, 32, 6, 675-684. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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