Benzene, 1,4-bis(chloromethyl)-

• Formula: C₈H₈Cl₂
• Molecular weight: 175.055
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8Cl2/c9-5-7-1-2-8(6-10)4-3-7/h1-4H,5-6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZZHIDJWUJRKHGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 623-25-6
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• Isotopologues:
  • [2H8]-1,4-Bis(chloromethyl)benzene
• Other names: p-Xylene, α,α'-dichloro-; α,α'-Dichloro-p-xylene; p-Bis(chloromethyl)benzene; p-Xylene-α,α'-dichloride; p-Xylylene chloride; p-Xylylene dichloride; Benzene, p-bis(chloromethyl)-; Dichlorodi-p-xylylene; 1,4-Bis(chloromethyl)benzene; p-Dichloroxylylene; alpha,alpha'-Dichloro-p-xylene; NSC 36976
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  • IR Spectrum
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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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLID (SPLIT MULL, FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1330 AND NUJOL FOR 1330-400 CM ^-1); BECKMAN IR-9 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (SATURATED IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1330 AND SATURATED IN CS2 FOR 1330-400 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (SATURATED IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1333, SATURATED IN CS2 FOR 1333-440 CM^-1); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Dreisbach, 1955
Dreisbach, R.R., Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 15, Am. Chem. Soc.: Washington, D. C., 1955. [all data]

Colson, 1887
Colson, XX, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1887, 104, 428. [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion

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