Tetraphenylmethane

• Formula: C₂₅H₂₀
• Molecular weight: 320.4263
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C25H20/c1-5-13-21(14-6-1)25(22-15-7-2-8-16-22,23-17-9-3-10-18-23)24-19-11-4-12-20-24/h1-20H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PEQHIRFAKIASBK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 630-76-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, 1,1',1'',1'''-methanetetrayltetrakis-; Methane, tetraphenyl-
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • 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.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLID (SPLIT MULL), FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1330 CM^-1, NUJOL FOR 1330-250 CM^-1 $$ SPECTRAL FEATURE AT 448 CM^-1 IS AN ARTIFACT CAUSED BY GRATING CHANGE; PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Kana'an, 1972
Kana'an, A.S., Sublimation pressures of tetraphenylmethane and associated bond energies, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 893. [all data]

Marcus Y., 1986
Marcus Y., Entropies of tetrahedral M-phenyl species, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1986, 82, 993-1006. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1997
Dorofeeva O.V., Unpublished results. Thermocenter of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 1997. [all data]

Schmidlin, 1906
Schmidlin, M.J., Recherches chimiques et thermochimiques sur la constitution des rosanilines, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1906, 1, 195-256. [all data]

Coops, Mulder, et al., 1947
Coops, J.; Mulder, D.; Dienske, J.W.; Smittenberg, J., Researches on heat of combustion IV. Technique for the determination of the heats of combustion of volatile liquids, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1947, 66, 153-160. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Coops, Mulder, et al., 1946
Coops, J.; Mulder, D.; Dienske, J.W.; Smittenberg, J., The heats of combustion of a number of hydrocarbons, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1946, 65, 128. [all data]

Wieland, Heymann, et al., 1934
Wieland, H.; Heymann, K.; Tsatsas, T.; Juchum, D.; Varvoglis, G.; Labriola, G.; Dobbelstein, O.; Boyd-Barrett, H.S., Uber das Auftreten freier Radikale bei chemischen Reaktionen. VIII, Ann., 1934, 514, 145-181. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. II. Phenyl derivatives of metals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3661-3667. [all data]

Kana'an, 1972, 2
Kana'an, Adli S., Sublimation pressures of tetraphenylmethane and associated bond energies, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1972, 4, 6, 893-901, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(72)90011-0 . [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931, 2
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal Energy Studies I. Phenyl Derivatives of Methane, Ethane and Some Related Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3644. [all data]

Gomberg and Kamm, 1917
Gomberg, M.; Kamm, O., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1917, 39, 2009. [all data]

Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, Sergey P., Thermochemical Properties of Triphenylalkanes and Tetraphenylmethane. Strain in Phenyl Substituted Alkanes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 3, 557-562, https://doi.org/10.1021/je9802726 . [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., , Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brighton, 1977. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Novak and Potts, 1984
Novak, I.; Potts, A.W., The UV gas-phase photoelectron spectra of Group IVB tetraphenyl derivatives, J. Organomet. Chem., 1984, 262, 17. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  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
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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