(2.2)Metacyclophane

• Formula: C₁₆H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 208.2982
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H16/c1-3-13-7-9-15-5-2-6-16(12-15)10-8-14(4-1)11-13/h1-6,11-12H,7-10H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: COTONUHLIMVDNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2319-97-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Tricyclo[9.3.1.1^4,8]hexadeca-1(15),4,6,8(16),11,13-hexaene; Di-m-xylylene; Di-1,3-xylylene; Tricyclo(9.3.1.14,8)hexadeca-1(15),4,6,8(16),11,13-hexaene; Triple-layered-(2.2)metacyclophane
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

View reactions leading to C₁₆H₁₆⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Shieh, McNally, et al., 1969
Shieh, C.; McNally, D.; Boyd, R.H., The heats of combustion and strain energies of some cyclophanes, Tetrahedron, 1969, 3653-3665. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., , Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brighton, 1977. [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]

Kovac, Allan, et al., 1980
Kovac, B.; Allan, M.; Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P.; Gleiter, R.; Haenel, M.W.; Keehn, P.M.; Reiss, J.A., He(Iα) photoelectron spectra of [2.2]cyclophanes, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 19, 167. [all data]

Koenig, Tuttle, et al., 1974
Koenig, T.; Tuttle, M.; Wielesek, R.A., The He(I) photoelectron spectra of xylenes and metacyclophanes. A reassignment of the lowest ionic state of [2.2] metacyclophane, Tetrahedron Lett., 1974, 2537. [all data]

Boschi and Schmidt, 1973
Boschi, R.; Schmidt, W., Transannular π - π interaction in cyclophanes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1973, 12, 402. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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