Cyclohexadecane

• Formula: C₁₆H₃₂
• Molecular weight: 224.4253
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H32/c1-2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-15-13-11-9-7-5-3-1/h1-16H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JJWIOXUMXIOXQN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 295-65-8
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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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]

Björnstad, Borgen, et al., 1975
Björnstad, S.L.; Borgen, G.; Dale, J.; Gaupset, G., Syntheses and Conformational Properties of gem-Dimethyl Substituted Cyclohexadecanes., Acta Chem. Scand., 1975, 29b, 320, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.29b-0320 . [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Björnstad, Borgen, et al., 1975, 2
Björnstad, Sigrid L.; Borgen, Gerd; Dale, Johannes; Gaupset, Gudmund; Schroll, G.; Altona, C., Syntheses and Conformational Properties of gem-Dimethyl Substituted Cyclohexadecanes., Acta Chem. Scand., 1975, 29b, 320-324, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.29b-0320 . [all data]

Zeng, Zhao, et al., 2007
Zeng, Y.-X.; Zhao, C.-X.; Liang, Y.-Z.; Yang, H.; Fang, H.-Z.; Yi, L.-Z.; Zeng, Z.-D., Comparative analysis of volatile components from Clematis species growing in China, Anal. Chim. Acta., 2007, 595, 1-2, 328-339, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2006.12.022 . [all data]

Zhao J.Y., Liu J.M., et al., 2006
Zhao J.Y.; Liu J.M.; Zhang X.Y.; Liu Z.J.; Tsering T.; Zhong Y.; Nan P., Chemical composition of the volatiles of three wild Bergenia species from western China, Flavour Fragr. J., 2006, 21, 3, 431-434, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1689 . [all data]

Lalel, Singh, et al., 2003
Lalel, H.J.D.; Singh, Z.; Chye Tan, S., Glycosidically-bound aroma volatile compounds in the skin and pulp of 'Kensington Pride' mango fruit at different stages of maturity, Postharvest Biol. Technol., 2003, 29, 2, 205-218, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00250-8 . [all data]

Radusiene, Judzentiene, et al., 2007
Radusiene, J.; Judzentiene, A.; Peciulyte, D.; Janulis, V., Essential Oil Composition and Antimicrobial Assay of Acorus calamus Leaves from Different Wild Populations, Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 2007, 5, 1, 37-44, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262107390928 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion

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