Benzene, 1,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-

• Formula: C₈H₄F₆
• Molecular weight: 214.1078
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H4F6/c9-7(10,11)5-2-1-3-6(4-5)8(12,13)14/h1-4H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SJBBXFLOLUTGCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 402-31-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: m-Xylene, α,α,α,α',α',α'-hexafluoro-; α,α,α,α',α',α'-Hexafluoro-m-xylene; m-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene; 1,3-Bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene; 1,3-di(Trifluoromethyl)benzene; NSC 10342; ααα-α',α',α' -Hexafluoro-m-xylol; α,α,α,β,β,β-hexafluoro-m-xylene
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  • IR Spectrum
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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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₈H₃F₆^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₃F₆^- + H⁺ = C₈H₄F₆

Gas phase ion energetics data

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B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Ionization energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₈H₃F₆^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₃F₆^- + H⁺ = C₈H₄F₆

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [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]

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]

Potter and Saylor, 1951
Potter, John C.; Saylor, John H., The Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of Some Organic Fluorine Compounds ^1,2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 1, 90-91, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01145a032 . [all data]

Dykyj and Vanko, 1970
Dykyj, J.; Vanko, A., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 1, 3. [all data]

Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999
Dykyj, J.; Svoboda, J.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Frenkel, M.L.; Hall, K.R., Vapor Pressure of Chemicals: Part A. Vapor Pressure and Antoine Constants for Hydrocarbons and Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Hydrogen Containing Organic Compounds, Springer, Berlin, 1999, 373. [all data]

Schlosser, Mongin, et al., 1998
Schlosser, M.; Mongin, F.; Porwisiak, J.; Dmowski, W.; Buker, H.H.; Nibbering, N.M.M., Bis- and Oligo(trifluoromethyl)benzenes: Hydrogen/Metal Exchange Rates and Gas-Phase Acidities., Chem. Eur. J., 1998, 4, 7, 1281, https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19980710)4:7<1281::AID-CHEM1281>3.0.CO;2-I . [all data]

Cabelli, Cowley, et al., 1982
Cabelli, D.E.; Cowley, A.H.; Lagowski, J.J., The bonding in some bis(arene)chromium compounds as indicated by U. V. photoelectron zpectroscopy, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1982, 57, 195. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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