2-Methyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene

• Formula: C₆H₈
• Molecular weight: 80.1277
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H8/c1-6-4-2-3-5-6/h2,4-5H,3H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AHQZRFBZJSCKAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 3727-31-9
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• Other names: 1,3-Cyclopentadiene,2-methyl-; Cyclopentadiene, 3-methyl; Cyclopentadiene, 2-methyl
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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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

Gas Chromatography

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

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Meyer and Harrison, 1964
Meyer, F.; Harrison, A.G., Ionization potentials of methyl-substituted benzenes and cyclopentadienes, Can. J. Chem., 1964, 42, 2256. [all data]

Cradock, Ebsworth, et al., 1975
Cradock, S.; Ebsworth, E.A.V.; Moretto, H.; Rankin, D.W.H., Photoelectron spectra and fluxional behaviour in some σ-cyclopentadienes, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 390. [all data]

Cradock, Findlay, et al., 1974
Cradock, S.; Findlay, R.H.; Palmer, M.H., Bonding in methyl- and silyl-cyclopentadiene compounds: a study by photoelectron spectroscopy ab initio molecular-orbital calculations, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1974, 1650. [all data]

Diez, Guillen, et al., 1990
Diez, M.A.; Guillen, M.D.; Blanco, C.G.; Bermejo, J., Chromatographic study of methylcyclopentadiene dimers and iso-dimers and determination of their boiling points, J. Chromatogr., 1990, 508, 363-374, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)91279-2 . [all data]

Safina, Poznyak, et al., 1989
Safina, L.R.; Poznyak, T.I.; Lisitsyn, D.M.; Kiseleva, E.V.; Kovalev, G.I., Selective gas-chromatographic determination of trace unsaturated and aromatic-hydrocarbons in complex-mixtures, J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 1989, 44, 5, 749-754. [all data]

Bermejo, Blanco, et al., 1987
Bermejo, J.; Blanco, C.G.; Diez, M.A.; Guillén, M.D., Kováts retention indices of selected mono and polycyclic olefins, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr. Chromatogr. Comm., 1987, 10, 8, 461-463, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240100809 . [all data]

Sojak, Ruman, et al., 1987
Sojak, L.; Ruman, J.; Janak, J., Characterization of Monoalkylcyclopentadiens by Retention-Structure Correlation in Capillary Gas Chromatography, J. Chromatogr., 1987, 391, 79-87, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)94306-7 . [all data]

Bajus, Veselý, et al., 1979
Bajus, M.; Veselý, V.; Leclercq, P.A.; Rijks, J.A., Steam cracking of hydrocarbons. 2. Pyrolysis of methylcyclohexane, Ind. Eng. Chem. Prod. Res. Dev., 1979, 18, 2, 135-142, https://doi.org/10.1021/i360070a012 . [all data]

Bogoslovsky, Anvaer, et al., 1978
Bogoslovsky, Yu.N.; Anvaer, B.I.; Vigdergauz, M.S., Chromatographic constants in gas chromatography (in Russian), Standards Publ. House, Moscow, 1978, 192. [all data]

Hively and Hinton, 1968
Hively, R.A.; Hinton, R.E., Variation of the retention index with temperature on squalane substrates, J. Gas Chromatogr., 1968, 6, 4, 203-217, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/6.4.203 . [all data]

Zhang, Ding, et al., 2009
Zhang, X.; Ding, L.; Sun, Z.; Song, L.; Sun, T., Study on quantitative structure-retention relationships for hydrocarbons in FCC gasoline, Chromatographia, 2009, 70, 3/4, 511-518, https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-009-1174-0 . [all data]

Notes

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