1,6-Hexanediol

• Formula: C₆H₁₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 118.1742
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O2/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8/h7-8H,1-6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XXMIOPMDWAUFGU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-11-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: α,ω-Hexanediol; Hexamethylene glycol; Hexamethylenediol; 1,6-Dihydroxyhexane; Hexanediol-(1,6); Hexane-1,6-diol; HDO
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - 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:
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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1991
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Nguyen, A.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Smith, N.K., DIPPR PROJECT 871: Determination of ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for key compounds: The 1989 project results, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1991, 101-134. [all data]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1990
Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Energetics of intra- and intermolecular bonds in ω-alkanediols. III. Thermochemical study of 1,6-hexanediol, 1,8-octanediol, 1,9-nonanediol, and 1,10-decanediol at 298.15K, Can. J. Chem., 1990, 68, 731-734. [all data]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1989
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Contineanu, Corlateanu, et al., 1980
Contineanu, I.; Corlateanu, E.; Hersocovici, J.; Marchidan, D.I., Combustion and formation enthalpies of 1,6-hexanediol and adipic acid, Rev. Chim. (Bucharest), 1980, 31, 763-764. [all data]

Gardner and Hussain, 1972
Gardner, P.J.; Hussain, K.S., The standard enthalpies of formation of some aliphatic diols, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 819-827. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
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Mellan, 1962
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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1996
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Smith, N.K., Thermodynamic properties and ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for butyl vinyl ether, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, methyl glycolate, bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, 5-vinylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, trans-azobenzene, butyl acrylate, di-tert-butyl ether, and hexane-1,6-diol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 1285-1302. [all data]

Piacente, Ferro, et al., 1993
Piacente, V.; Ferro, D.; Gatta, G.D., Vaporization enthalpies of a series of α,φ-alkanediols from vapour pressure measurements, Thermochim. Acta, 1993, 223, 65-73. [all data]

Umnahanant, Kweskin, et al., 2006
Umnahanant, Pataporn; Kweskin, Shasha; Nichols, Gary; Dunn, Matthew J.; Smart-Ebinne, Hareta; Chickos, James S., Vaporization Enthalpies of the α,ω-Alkanediols by Correlation Gas Chromatography, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 6, 2246-2254, https://doi.org/10.1021/je060333x . [all data]

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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]

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Kuhn, E.R., Selectivity vs. polarity: the fundamentals of chromatographic separation, J. Sep. Sci., 2001, 24, 6, 473-476, https://doi.org/10.1002/1615-9314(20010601)24:6<473::AID-JSSC473>3.0.CO;2-Y . [all data]

Bogoslovsky, Anvaer, et al., 1978
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Peng, 2000
Peng, C.T., Prediction of retention indices. V. Influence of electronic effects and column polarity on retention index, J. Chromatogr. A, 2000, 903, 1-2, 117-143, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)00901-8 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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