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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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

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]

Mellan, 1962
Mellan, I., Polyhydric Alcohols, Spartan Books: Washington, DC, 1962. [all data]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1990
Knauth, P.; Sabbah, R., Can. J. Chem., 1990, 68, 731. [all data]

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]

Knauth and Sabbah, 1990, 2
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]

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]

Smirnova, Kandeev, et al., 2005
Smirnova, N.N.; Kandeev, K.V.; Bykova, T.A., Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 2005, 79, 6, 857. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  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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