Adamantane

• Formula: C₁₀H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 136.2340
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H16/c1-7-2-9-4-8(1)5-10(3-7)6-9/h7-10H,1-6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ORILYTVJVMAKLC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 281-23-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Tricyclo[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane; Tricyclo(3,3,1,1,^3,7)-decane; tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane
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  • Phase change data
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  • References
  • Notes
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Clark, Knox, et al., 1979
Clark, T.; Knox, T.M.O.; McKervey, M.A.; Mackle, H.; Rooney, J.J., Thermochemistry of bridged-ring substances. Enthalpies of formation of some diamondoid hydrocarbons and of perhydroquinacene. Comparisons with data from empirical force field calculations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 2404-2410. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Clark, Knox, et al., 1975
Clark, T.; Knox, T.M.; Mackle, H.; McKervey, M.A.; Rooney, J.J., Calorimetric evaluation of enthalpies of formation of some bridged-ring hydrocarbons. Comparison with data from empirical force field calculations., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 3835-3836. [all data]

Baroody and Carpenter, 1972
Baroody, E.E.; Carpenter, G.A., Heats of formation of propellant compounds (U), Rpt. Naval Ordnance Systems Command Task No. 331-003/067-1/UR2402-001 for Naval Ordance Station, Indian Head, MD, 1972, 1-9. [all data]

Boyd, Sanwal, et al., 1971
Boyd, R.H.; Sanwal, S.N.; Shary-Tehrany, S.; McNally, D., The thermochemistry, thermodynamic functions, and molecular structures of some cyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1264-1271. [all data]

Butler, Carson, et al., 1971
Butler, R.S.; Carson, A.S.; Laye, P.G.; Steele, W.V., The enthalpy of formation of adamantane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 277-280. [all data]

Mansson, Rapport, et al., 1970
Mansson, M.; Rapport, N.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Enthalpies of formation of globular molecules. I. Adamantane and hexamethylenetetramine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1970, 92, 7296-7299. [all data]

Boyd R.H., 1971
Boyd R.H., The thermochemistry, thermodynamic functions, and molecular structures of some cyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1264-1271. [all data]

Andrews, Carpenter, et al., 1978
Andrews, J.T.S.; Carpenter, R.E.; Martinko, T.M.; Fort, R.C.; Flood, T.A.; Adlington, M.G., Transition and Fusion Thermodynamics of Heteroadamantanes, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1978, 41, 357-61. [all data]

Mair, Shamaiengar, et al., 1959
Mair, B.J.; Shamaiengar, M.; Krouskop, N.C.; Rossini, F.D., Isolation of Adamantane from Petroleum, Analytical Chem., 1959, 32, 2082. [all data]

van Roon, Parsons, et al., 2002
van Roon, André; Parsons, John R.; Govers, Harrie A.J., Gas chromatographic determination of vapour pressure and related thermodynamic properties of monoterpenes and biogenically related compounds, Journal of Chromatography A, 2002, 955, 1, 105-115, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(02)00200-5 . [all data]

Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995
Chickos, James S.; Hosseini, Sarah; Hesse, Donald G., Determination of vaporization enthalpies of simple organic molecules by correlations of changes in gas chromatographic net retention times, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 249, 41-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)90670-3 . [all data]

Kabo, Blokhin, et al., 2000
Kabo, G.J.; Blokhin, A.V.; Charapennikau, M.B.; Kabo, A.G.; Sevruk, V.M., Thermodynamic properties of adamantane and the energy states of molecules in plastic crystals for some cage hydrocarbons, Thermochimica Acta, 2000, 345, 2, 125-133, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(99)00393-7 . [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]

Florian, 1968
Florian, W., Messung des Dampfdruckes von Adamantan, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 1968, 61, 5₆, 319-321, https://doi.org/10.1524/zpch.1968.61.5₆.319 . [all data]

Clark, Knox, et al., 1975, 2
Clark, Timothy; Knox, Trevor; Mackle, Henry; McKervey, M. Anthony; Rooney, John J., Heats of sublimation of some cage hydrocarbons by a temperature scanning technique, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1975, 71, 0, 2107, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19757102107 . [all data]

Lee and Slutsky, 1975
Lee, Wen Yaung; Slutsky, L.J., Heat of vaporization, infrared spectrum, and lattice energy of adamantane, J. Phys. Chem., 1975, 79, 24, 2602-2604, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100591a007 . [all data]

Bratton, Szilard, et al., 1967
Bratton, W. Kevin; Szilard, I.; Cupas, Chris A., Enthalpy of sublimation of adamantane, J. Org. Chem., 1967, 32, 6, 2019-2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo01281a083 . [all data]

Chickos, Hesse, et al., 1998
Chickos, James; Hesse, Donald; Hosseini, Sarah; Nichols, Gary; Webb, Paul, Sublimation enthalpies at 298.15K using correlation gas chromatography and differential scanning calorimetry measurements, Thermochimica Acta, 1998, 313, 2, 101-110, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00432-2 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Pirsch, 1966
Pirsch, Josef, Das kryoskopische Verhalten von organischen Verbindungen mit Adamantan-Struktur, Monatshefte f«65533»r Chemie, 1966, 97, 1, 260-270, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00905513 . [all data]

Hakvoort, 1993
Hakvoort, G., DSC calibration below 0°C, Calorim. Anal. Therm., 1993, 24, 177. [all data]

Westrum, 1961
Westrum, E.F., Jr., The thermophysical properties of three globular molecules, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 1961, 18, 83-85. [all data]

Chang and Westrum, 1960
Chang, S.-S.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of globular molecules. I. Adamantane and hexamethylenetetramine, J. Phys. Chem., 1960, 64, 1547-1551. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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