1,3-Cyclohexadiene

• Formula: C₆H₈
• Molecular weight: 80.1277
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H8/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-4H,5-6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MGNZXYYWBUKAII-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 592-57-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Cyclohexa-1,3-diene; 1,2-Dihydrobenzene
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  • Reaction thermochemistry data
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  • IR Spectrum
  • References
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₆H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₇^- + H⁺ = C₆H₈

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₆H₈ = C₆H₁₂

=  + 

By formula: C₈H₁₂ = C₆H₈ + C₂H₄

=  + 

By formula: C₆H₈N₂O = N₂O + C₆H₈

=

By formula: C₆H₈ = C₆H₈

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₈ + O₂ = C₈H₈O₂

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₈ + C₆N₄ = C₁₂H₈N₄

=  + 

By formula: C₁₂H₈N₄ = C₆H₈ + C₆N₄

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

View reactions leading to C₆H₈⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₆H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₇^- + H⁺ = C₆H₈

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• LIQUID; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

References

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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1989
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Lee and Squires, 1986
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Turner, Mallon, et al., 1973
Turner, R.B.; Mallon, B.J.; Tichy, M.; Doering, W.v.E.; Roth, W.R.; Schroder, G., Heats of hydrogenation. X. Conjugative interaction in cyclic dienes and trienes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 8605-8610. [all data]

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Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Ruhoff, J.R.; Smith, H.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. IV. Hydrogenation of some dienes and of benzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 146-153. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
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Huybrechts, Rigaux, et al., 1980
Huybrechts, G.; Rigaux, D.; Vankeerberghen, J.; Van Mele, B., Kinetics of the Diels-Alder addition of ethene to cyclohexa-1,3-diene and its reverse reaction in the gas phase, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1980, 12, 253-259. [all data]

Van Mele, Boon, et al., 1986
Van Mele, B.; Boon, G.; Huybrechts, G., Gas-phase kinetic and thermochemical data for endo- and exo-5-monosubstituted bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-enes, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1986, 18, 537-545. [all data]

Oth, Olsen, et al., 1977
Oth, J.F.M.; Olsen, H.; Synder, J.P., Energetics of heteroextrusion reactions. N₂ vs. N₂O, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 8505-8507. [all data]

Taskinen and Nummelin, 1986
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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

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Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

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Franklin, J.L.; Carroll, S.R., Effect of molecular structure on ionic decomposition. II. An electron-impact study of 1,3-and 1,4-cyclohexadiene and 1,3,5-hexatriene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 6564. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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