1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene

• Formula: C₈H₈
• Molecular weight: 104.1491
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8/c1-2-4-6-8-7-5-3-1/h1-8H/b2-1-,3-1-,4-2-,5-3-,6-4-,7-5-,8-6-,8-7- Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KDUIUFJBNGTBMD-BONZMOEMSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-20-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: [8]Annulene; Cyclooctatetraene; UN 2358
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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
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 (bar)
    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

C₈H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈

4 +  =

By formula: 4H₂ + C₈H₈ = C₈H₁₆

=

By formula: C₈H₈ = C₈H₈

=

By formula: C₈H₈ = c₈H₈

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

View reactions leading to C₈H₈⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₈H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈

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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Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1950
Prosen, E.J.; Johnson, W.H.; Rossini, F.D., Heat of combustion and formation of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and its heat of isomerization of styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 626-629. [all data]

Scott D.W., 1949
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Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
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Springall, White, et al., 1954
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Scott, Gross, et al., 1949
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Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
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Reppe, Schlichting, et al., 1948
Reppe, W.; Schlichting, O.; Klager, K.; Toepel, T., Cyclizing Polymerization of Acetylene I. Cyclooctatetraene, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1948, 560, 1-92. [all data]

Cope and Bailey, 1948
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Scott, Gross, et al., 1949, 2
Scott, D.W.; Gross, M.E.; Oliver, G.D.; Huffman, H.M., Cyclooctatetraene: low-temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure and entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1634. [all data]

Scott, Gross, et al., 1949, 3
Scott, D.W.; Gross, M.E.; Oliver, G.D.; Huffman, H.M., Cyclooctatetraene: Low-temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure and entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1634-16. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
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Domalski and Hearing, 1996
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Kato, S.; Lee, H.S.; Gareyev, R.; Wenthold, P.G.; Lineberger, W.C.; DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M., Experimental and Computational Studies of the Structures and Energetics of Cyclooctatetraene and Its Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 33, 7863, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja971433d . [all data]

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Turner, R.B.; Meador, W.R.; Doering, W.E.; Knox, L.H.; Mayer, J.R.; Wiley, D.W., Heats of hydrogenation. III. Hydrogenation of cycllooctatetraene and of some seven-membered non-benzenoid aromatic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 4127-4133. [all data]

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Prosen, E.J.; Johnson, W.H.; Rossini, F.D., Heat of combustion and formation of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and its heat of isomerization to styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 2068-2069. [all data]

Squillacote and Bergman, 1986
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Miller, Viggiano, et al., 2002
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Denault, Chen, et al., 1998
Denault, J.W.; Chen, G.D.; Cooks, R.G., Electron affinity of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene determined by the kinetic method, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 1998, 9, 11, 1141-1145, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(98)00092-0 . [all data]

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Franklin, J.L.; Carroll, S.R., The effect of molecular structure on ionic decomposition. I. An electron impact study of seven C₈H₈ isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 5940. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  EA	Electron affinity
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  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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