Methylenecyclopropane

• Formula: C₄H₆
• Molecular weight: 54.0904
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6/c1-4-2-3-4/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XSGHLZBESSREDT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 6142-73-0
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• Other names: Cyclopropane, methylene-
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • Gas Chromatography
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  • Notes
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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

Phase change data

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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

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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Ionization energy determinations

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, custom temperature program

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References

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Wiberg and Fenoglio, 1968
Wiberg, K.B.; Fenoglio, R.A., Heats of formation of C₄H₆ hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1968, 90, 3395-3397. [all data]

Yursha I.A., 1974
Yursha I.A., Equilibriums and thermodynamics of isomerization of methylcyclohexenes, Neftekhimiya, 1974, 14, 688-693. [all data]

Kabo G.Y., 1973
Kabo G.Y., Thermodynamic properties of some hydrocarbons containing three-membered rings, Vestn. Beloruss. Univ., Ser. 2, 1973, 3-6. [all data]

Gragson, Greenlee, et al., 1953
Gragson, J.T.; Greenlee, K.W.; Derfer, J.M.; Boord, C.E., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3344-7. [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]

Wiberg, Ellison, et al., 1976
Wiberg, K.B.; Ellison, G.B.; Wendoloski, J.J.; Brundle, C.R.; Kuebler, N.A., Electronic states of organic molecules. 3. Photoelectron spectra of cycloalkenes and methylenecycloalkanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1976, 98, 7179. [all data]

Schomburg and Dielmann, 1973
Schomburg, G.; Dielmann, G., Use of retention increments for identification and correlation of saturated and unsaturated cyclopropane hydrocarbons by means of Kovats indices, Anal. Chem., 1973, 45, 9, 1647-1658, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac60331a021 . [all data]

Chen, 2008
Chen, H.-F., Quantitative prediction of gas chromatography retention indices with support vector machines, radial basis neutral networks and multiple linear regression, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2008, 609, 1, 24-36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2008.01.003 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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