Cyclohexadecane

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-10466.0 ± 1.0kJ/molCcbCoops, Van Kamp, et al., 1960Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -10465.2 ± 1.9 kJ/mol; Corresponding Δfsolid = -403.4 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus333.7KN/ADrotloff and Moller, 1987Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; DSC; TRC
Tfus332.KN/ABjörnstad, Borgen, et al., 1975Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
368.70.001Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
4.18332.2Björnstad, Borgen, et al., 1975, 2AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
69.42271.2Björnstad, Borgen, et al., 1975CAL
4.43283.2
12.59332.2

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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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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]


Notes

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