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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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

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

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

IR Spectrum

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1989
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Nguyen, A.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Smith, N.K., Determination of some pure compound ideal-gas enthalpies of formation, AIChE Symp. Ser., 1989, 85, 140-162. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
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Lenz T.G., 1989
Lenz T.G., Force-field calculations giving accurate conformation, Hf(T), S(T), and Cp(T) for unsaturated acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem., 1989, 93, 1588-1592. [all data]

Geipel and Wolf, 1976
Geipel, G.; Wolf, G., Die molare Wärmekapazität von Cyclohexadien(1,4) und Cyclohexadien(1,3) im Temperaturegebiet von 10...300K, Z. Phys. Chem., 1976, 257, 587-593. [all data]

White and Bishop, 1940
White, A.H.; Bishop, W.S., Dielectric Evidence of Molecular Rotation in the Crystals of Certain Non-aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 8-16. [all data]

Kistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1936
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, 146-53. [all data]

Geipel and Wolf, 1976, 2
Geipel, G.; Wolf, G., Molar Heat Capacity of Cyclohexadiene(1,4) and Cyclohexadiene(1,3) in Temperature Range of 10... 300K, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1976, 257, 587. [all data]

Rogers, 1972
Rogers, F.E., Thermochemistry of the Diels-Alder reactions. II. Heat of addition of several dienes to tetracyanoethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1972, 76, 106-109. [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]

Meyer and Hotz, 1973
Meyer, Edwin F.; Hotz, Roger D., High-precision vapor-pressure data for eight organic compounds, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1973, 18, 4, 359-362, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60059a008 . [all data]

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]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Lee and Squires, 1986
Lee, R.E.; Squires, R.R., Anionic homoaromaticity: A gas phase experimental study, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 105, 5078. [all data]

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]

Kistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1936, 2
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
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

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]

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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]

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Taskinen, E.; Nummelin, K., Thermodynamics of vinyl ethers. 31. Isomer equilibria in some six- and seven-membered cyclic dienes, J. Org. Chem., 1986, 50, 4844-4847. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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