Stilbene

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 180.2451
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H12/c1-3-7-13(8-4-1)11-12-14-9-5-2-6-10-14/h1-12H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PJANXHGTPQOBST-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 588-59-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • (E)-Stilbene
  • cis-Stilbene
• Other names: 1,2-Diphenylethylene; Benzene, 1,1'-(1,2-ethenediyl)bis-; Bibenzal; Bibenzylidene; Bibenzylidine; α,β-Diphenylethylene; Stilben; 1,2-Diphenylethene; 1,1'-(1,2-Ethenediyl)bis[benzene]; (2-Phenylethenyl)benzene
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of fusion

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

View reactions leading to C₁₄H₁₂⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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References

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Parks and Huffman, 1930
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data on organic compounds. IX. A study of the effect of unsaturation on the heat capacities, entropies and free energies of some hydrocarbons and other compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 4381-4391. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1950
Kurbatov, V.Ya., Specific heats of liquids. III. Specific heat of hydrocarbons with several noncondensed rings, Zhur. Obshch. Khim., 1950, 20, 1139-1144. [all data]

Ferry and Thomas, 1933
Ferry, J.D.; Thomas, S.B., Some heat capacity data for durene, pentamethylbenzene, stilbene, and dibenzyl, J. Phys. Chem., 1933, 37, 253-255. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. I. Phenyl derivatives of methane, ethane and some related compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3644-3660. [all data]

Hudson, Ridyard, et al., 1976
Hudson, B.S.; Ridyard, J.N.A.; Diamond, J., Polyene spectroscopy. Photoelectron spectra of the diphenylpolyenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 1126. [all data]

Slifkin and Allison, 1967
Slifkin, M.A.; Allison, A.C., Measurement of ionization potentials from contact charge transfer spectra, Nature, 1967, 215, 949. [all data]

Terenin, 1961
Terenin, A., Charge transfer in organic solids, induced by light, Proc. Chem. Soc., London, 1961, 321. [all data]

Briegleb, Czekalla, et al., 1961
Briegleb, G.; Czekalla, J.; Reuss, G., Mesomeriemomente und Elektronenuberfuhrungsbanden von Elektronen-donator-akzeptor-komplexen des Chloranils und Tetracyanathylens mit aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen, Z. Phys. Chem. (Neue Folge), 1961, 30, 333. [all data]

Briegleb and Czekalla, 1959
Briegleb, G.; Czekalla, J., Die Bestimmung von lonisierungsenergien aus den Spektren von Elektronenubergangskomplexen, Z.Elektrochem., 1959, 63, 6. [all data]

Muller, Schweig, et al., 1978
Muller, C.; Schweig, A.; Vermeer, H., Photoelectron spectra of 1,2-diphenylcyclopropene, 2,3-diphenylcyclopropenone, 2,3-diphenylcyclopropenethione, 2,3-diphenylthiirene and 1-oxide; cis-stilbene, An experimental verification of conjugative inductive interactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 8056. [all data]

Klessinger and Gunkel, 1978
Klessinger, M.; Gunkel, E., The electronic structure of polyenes and unsaturated carbonyl compounds, Tetrahedron, 1978, 34, 3591. [all data]

Rapp, Staab, et al., 1970
Rapp, U.; Staab, H.A.; Wunsche, C., Skelettumlagerungen unter Elektronenbeschuss-IV: zur Struktur der C₁₃H₉- und C₁₂H₉N-Ionen bei Benzylidenaminobenztriazolen, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1970, 3, 45. [all data]

Lang (editor), 1967
Lang (editor), L., Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet and Visible Region, 1967, 9, 113. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion

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