1,4,5,8-Tetramethylnaphthalene

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 184.2768
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H16/c1-9-5-6-11(3)14-12(4)8-7-10(2)13(9)14/h5-8H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DWUSGRRPJCRNCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2717-39-7
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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

Phase change data

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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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References

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Mansson, 1974
Mansson, M., A calorimetric study of peri strain in 1,8-Dimethylnaphthalene and 1,4,5,8-Tetramethylnaphthalene, Acta Chem. Scand., Ser. B, 1974, 28, 677-680. [all data]

Colonge and Pichat, 1948
Colonge, J.; Pichat, L., Synthesis of polymethyl tetralins and polymethyl naphthalenes, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1948, 226, 673. [all data]

Månsson, Fredga, et al., 1974
Månsson, Margret; Fredga, Arne; Ställberg, Gunnel; Thorin, Hans, A Calorimetric Study of peri Strain in 1,8-Dimethylnaphthalene and 1,4,5,8-Tetramethylnaphthalene., Acta Chem. Scand., 1974, 28b, 677-680, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.28b-0677 . [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]

Kusakov, et al., 1963
Kusakov, M.M., et al., Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 1963, 256. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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