Cyclooctane

• Formula: C₈H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 112.2126
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16/c1-2-4-6-8-7-5-3-1/h1-8H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WJTCGQSWYFHTAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 292-64-8
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• Other names: Octamethylene
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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 liquid

References

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Spitzer and Huffman, 1947
Spitzer, R.; Huffman, H.M., The heats of combustion of cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane and cyclooctane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 211-213. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Kaarsemaker and Coops, 1952
Kaarsemaker, S.; Coops, J., Thermal quantities of some cycloparaffins. Part III. Results of measurements, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1952, 71, 261. [all data]

Finke, Scott, et al., 1956
Finke, H.L.; Scott, D.W.; Gross, M.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Waddington, G., Cycloheptane, cyclooctane and 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene. Low temperature thermal properties, vapor pressure and derived chemical thermodynamic properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 5469-5476. [all data]

Ruzieka and Schlapfer, 1933
Ruzieka, L.; Schlapfer, P., Zur kenntnis des kohlenstoffringes XXII. Uber die verbrennungswarme bei hochgliedrigen ringverbindungen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1933, 16, 162-169. [all data]

Shiohama, Ogawa, et al., 1988
Shiohama, Y.; Ogawa, H.; Murakami, S.; Fujihara, I., Excess thermodynamic properties of (cis-decalin or trans-decalin + cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane or cyclooctane) at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1988, 20, 1307-1314. [all data]

Tanaka, 1985
Tanaka, R., Excess heat capacities for mixtures of benzene with cyclopentane, methylcyclohexane, and cyclooctane at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1985, 30, 267-269. [all data]

Fortier, D'Arcy, et al., 1979
Fortier, J.-L.; D'Arcy, P.J.; Benson, G.C., Heat capacities of binary cycloalkane mixtures at 298.15 K, Thermochim. Acta, 1979, 28, 37-43. [all data]

Wilhelm, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1979
Wilhelm, E.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Molar excess heat capacities and excess volumes of 1,2-dichloroethane + cyclooctane, + mesitylene, and + tetrachloromethane, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1979, 11, 979-984. [all data]

Jolicoeur, Boileau, et al., 1975
Jolicoeur, C.; Boileau, J.; Bazinet, S.; Picker, P., Thermodynamic properties of aqueous organic solutes in relation to their structure. Part II. Apparent molal volumes and heat capacities of c-alkylamine hydrobromides in water, Can. J. Chem., 1975, 53, 716-722. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions

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