Benzene, pentyl-

• Formula: C₁₁H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 148.2447
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H16/c1-2-3-5-8-11-9-6-4-7-10-11/h4,6-7,9-10H,2-3,5,8H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PWATWSYOIIXYMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 538-68-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: n-Amylbenzene; n-Pentylbenzene; Amylbenzene; Pentane, 1-phenyl-; Pentylbenzene; 1-Phenyl-n-pentane; 1-Phenylpentane; Phenylpentane; Benzene, n-pentyl-; NSC 73982; 74296-33-6
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  • IR Spectrum
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Phase change data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

 + C₄H₉Li =  + 

By formula: C₇H₇Br + C₄H₉Li = C₁₁H₁₆ + BrLi

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Simon, 1929
Simon, I., Freezing Temperature of Organic Compounds. XI. Compounds in C5 and C6., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1929, 38, 47-70. [all data]

Verevkin, 2006
Verevkin, Sergey P., Vapour pressures and enthalpies of vaporization of a series of the linear n-alkyl-benzenes, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2006, 38, 9, 1111-1123, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2005.11.009 . [all data]

Ru«7825»icka, Zábranský, et al., 1994
Ru«7825»icka, Vlastimil; Zábranský, Milan; Ru«7825»icka, Kvetoslav; Majer, Vladimír, Vapor pressures for a group of high-boiling alkylbenzenes under environmental conditions, Thermochimica Acta, 1994, 245, 121-144, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(94)85073-9 . [all data]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Fowell and Mortimer, 1961
Fowell, P.A.; Mortimer, C.T., 735. Heats of formation and bond energies. Part V. n-Butyl-lithium, J. Chem. Soc., 1961, 3793-3796. [all data]

McLoughlin, Morrison, et al., 1978
McLoughlin, R.G.; Morrison, J.D.; Traeger, J.C., A photoionization study of the [C₇H₈]⁺ ion formed from some monosubstituted alkyl benzenes, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1978, 13, 483. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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