2,4-Hexadiene, (E,E)-

• Formula: C₆H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 82.1436
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H10/c1-3-5-6-4-2/h3-6H,1-2H3/b5-3+,6-4+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: APPOKADJQUIAHP-GGWOSOGESA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 5194-51-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • 2,4-Hexadiene, (E,Z)-
  • 2,4-Hexadiene
  • (Z),(Z)-2,4-Hexadiene
• Other names: (E),(E)-CH3CH=CHCH=CHCH3; trans,trans-2,4-Hexadiene; trans,trans-hexa-2,4-diene
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

=

By formula: C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₀

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₀ = C₆H₁₀

Gas phase ion energetics data

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LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

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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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Fang and Rogers, 1992
Fang, W.; Rogers, D.W., Enthalpy of hydrogenation of the hexadienes and cis- and trans-1,3,5-hexatriene, J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 2294-2297. [all data]

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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]

Anonymous, 1963
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Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
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Letcher and Marsicano, 1974
Letcher, T.M.; Marsicano, F., Vapour pressures and densities of some unsaturated C6 acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons between 300 and 320 K, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1974, 6, 5, 509-514, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(74)90013-5 . [all data]

Buechele, Weitz, et al., 1984
Buechele, J.L.; Weitz, E.; Lewis, F.D., Laser-induced infrared multiphoton isomerization reactions of 2,4- and 1,3-hexadienes, J. Phys. Chem., 1984, 88, 868-876. [all data]

Petrova-Kuminskaya, Roganov, et al., 1984
Petrova-Kuminskaya, S.V.; Roganov, G.N.; Kabo, G.Ya., Enthalpies of formation and isomerization of alkadienes, Probl. Kalorim. Khim. Termodin., Dokl. Vses. Konf., 10th, 1984, 1, 234-236. [all data]

Petrova-Kuminskaya, Baranov, et al., 1983
Petrova-Kuminskaya, S.V.; Baranov, O.M.; Roganov, G.N.; Kabo, G.Ya., Equilibrium and thermodynamics of the isomerization of hexadienes, Neftekhimiya, 1983, 23, 489-494. [all data]

Wolkoff, Holmes, et al., 1980
Wolkoff, P.; Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., On the formation of cyclopentenium cations from all C₆H₁₀⁺ molecular ion structures, Can. J. Chem., 1980, 58, 251. [all data]

Bieri, Burger, et al., 1977
Bieri, G.; Burger, F.; Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P., Valence ionization enrgies of hydrocarbons, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1977, 60, 2213. [all data]

Beez, Bieri, et al., 1973
Beez, M.; Bieri, G.; Bock, H.; Heilbronner, E., The ionization potentials of butadiene, hexatriene, andtheir methyl derivatives: evidence for through space interaction between double bond π-orbitals and non-bonded pseudo-π orbitals of methyl groups?, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1973, 56, 1028. [all data]

Masclet, Mouvier, et al., 1981
Masclet, P.; Mouvier, G.; Bocquet, J.F., Effets electroniques et effets steriques dus a la substitution alcoyle dans les dienes conjugues, J. Chim. Phys., 1981, 78, 99. [all data]

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Sustmann, R.; Schubert, R., Photoelektronenspektroskopische bestimmung von substituenten-effekten. I. Subtituierte butadiene, Tetrahedron Lett., 1972, 27, 2739. [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]

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Bredael, P., Retention indices of hydrocarbons on SE-30, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr. Chromatogr. Comm., 1982, 5, 6, 325-328, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240050610 . [all data]

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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]

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Chupalov, A.A.; Zenkevich, I.G., Chromatographic Characterization of Structural Transformations of Organic Compounds in Diels-Alder Reaction. Aliphatic Dienes and Dienophyls, Zh. Org. Khim., 1996, 32, 6, 675-684. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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