2,4-Hexadiyne

• Formula: C₆H₆
• Molecular weight: 78.1118
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H6/c1-3-5-6-4-2/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PCTCNWZFDASPLA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2809-69-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Dimethylbutadiyne; Dimethyldiacetylene; CH3C≡CC≡CCH3; Hexa-2,4-diyne
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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

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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Luk'yanova, Pimenova, et al., 1992
Luk'yanova, V.A.; Pimenova, S.M.; Timofeeva, L.P.; Kozina, M.P.; Kolesov, V.P.; Tarakanova, A.V., Standard enthalpies of formation of some derivatives of diacetylene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1992, 66, 1083-1085. [all data]

Rosenstock, McCulloh, et al., 1977
Rosenstock, H.M.; McCulloh, K.E.; Lossing, F.P., On the mechanisms of C₆H₆ ionization fragmentation, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1977, 25, 327. [all data]

Heilbronner, Jones, et al., 1977
Heilbronner, E.; Jones, T.B.; Maier, J.P., 170. The ionization energies of di-n-alkyl diacetylenes, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1977, 60, 1697. [all data]

Bieri, Burger, et al., 1977
Bieri, G.; Burger, F.; Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P., Valence ionization enrgies of hydrocarbons, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1977, 60, 2213. [all data]

Reeher, Flesch, et al., 1976
Reeher, J.R.; Flesch, G.D.; Svec, H.J., The mass spectra and ionization potentials of the neutral fragments produced during the electron bombardment of aromatic compounds, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1976, 11, 154. [all data]

Brogli, Heilbronner, et al., 1973
Brogli, F.; Heilbronner, E.; Hornung, V.; Kloster-Jensen, E., 230. Die photoelektronen-spektren methyl-substituierter Acetylene, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1973, 56, 2171. [all data]

Momigny, Brakier, et al., 1962
Momigny, J.; Brakier, L.; D'Or, L., Comparaison entre les effets de l'impact electronique sur le benzene et sur les isomeres du benzene en chaine ouverte, Bull. Classe Sci. Acad. Roy. Belg., 1962, 48, 1002. [all data]

Price and Walsh, 1945
Price, W.C.; Walsh, A.D., The absorption spectra of triple bond molecules in the vacuum ultra violet, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1945, 41, 381. [all data]

Bieri and Asbrink, 1980
Bieri, G.; Asbrink, L., 30.4-nm He(II) photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 20, 149. [all data]

Dannacher, Stadelmann, et al., 1981
Dannacher, J.; Stadelmann, J.P.; Vogt, J., Competition between dissociative and nondissociative decay of excited perdeutero-2,4-hexadiyne cations, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 74, 2094. [all data]

Dannacher, 1978
Dannacher, J., Photoelectron-photoion-coincidence measurements on 2,4-hexadiyne, Chem. Phys., 1978, 29, 339. [all data]

Kompe, Peel, et al., 1993
Kompe, B.; Peel, J.B.; Traeger, J.C., A theoretical and experimental study of the structures and stabilities of the [C₅H₃]⁺ cation, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1993, 28, 1253. [all data]

Ohmichi, Malinovich, et al., 1989
Ohmichi, N.; Malinovich, Y.; Ziesel, J.P.; Lifshitz, C., Time-dependent mass spectra and breakdown graphs. 12. Competitive dissociative isomerizations of the 2,4-hexadiyne cation, J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 93, 2491. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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