Cyclododecane

• Formula: C₁₂H₂₄
• Molecular weight: 168.3190
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H24/c1-2-4-6-8-10-12-11-9-7-5-3-1/h1-12H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DDTBPAQBQHZRDW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 294-62-2
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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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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
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy 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

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Smith and Easley, 1963
Smith, J.O.; Easley, K.W., Ortho-substituted bicyclohexyl hydrocarbons as high energy fuels, Patent No. 3,113,425 to Monsanto Research Corp., Everett, MA, USA 12/10/63, 1963, 1. [all data]

Gollis, Belenyessy, et al., 1962
Gollis, M.H.; Belenyessy, L.I.; Gudzinowicz, B.J.; Koch, S.D.; Smith, J.O.; Wineman, R.J., Evaluation of pure hydrocarbons as jet fuels, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1962, 7, 331-316. [all data]

Coops, Van Kamp, et al., 1960
Coops, J.; Van Kamp, H.; Lambregts, W.A.; Visser, B.J.; Dekker, H., Thermal quantities of cycloparaffins. Part IV. Heats of combustion of cycloparaffins with 10-17 C atoms, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1960, 79, 1226-1234. [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]

Drotloff and Moller, 1987
Drotloff, H.; Moller, M., On the phase transitions of cycloalkanes, Thermochim. Acta, 1987, 112, 1, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(87)88079-6 . [all data]

Mueller, Padeken, et al., 1965
Mueller, E.; Padeken, H.G.; Salamon, M.; Fiedler, G., Direct Photooxidation of Cycloalkanes, Chem. Ber., 1965, 98, 1893-1909. [all data]

Gollis, Belenyessy, et al., 1962, 2
Gollis, M.H.; Belenyessy, L.I.; Gudzinowicz, B.J.; Koch, S.D.; Smith, J.O.; Wineman, R.J., Evaluation of pure hydrocarbons as jet fuels., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1962, 7, 311-6. [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]

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]

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]

Meyer and Hotz, 1976
Meyer, Edwin F.; Hotz, Carol A., Cohesive energies in polar organic liquids. 3. Cyclic ketones, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1976, 21, 3, 274-279, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60070a035 . [all data]

Drotloff and Möller, 1987
Drotloff, Hansotto; Möller, Martin, On the phase transitions of cycloalkanes, Thermochimica Acta, 1987, 112, 1, 57-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(87)88079-6 . [all data]

Golubitskii, Kulikov, et al., 1979
Golubitskii, A.E.; Kulikov, N.S.; Zyakun, A.M.; Valovoi, V.A.; Alekseev, A.M.; Volkov, V.N., Photoionization mass spectra of alicyclic compounds with various substituents, and their ionization energies and appearance energies, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1979, 11, 2602. [all data]

Puttemans, 1974
Puttemans, J.P., Ionisation de cycloalcanes (C₅ a C₁₂) en spectroscopie photoelectronique et par impact electronique, Ing. Chim. (Brussels), 1974, 56, 64. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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