1,4-Cyclohexanedione

• Formula: C₆H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 112.1265
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H8O2/c7-5-1-2-6(8)4-3-5/h1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DCZFGQYXRKMVFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 637-88-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Tetrahydroquinone; 1,4-Dioxocyclohexane; Cyclohexane-1,4-dione
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  • IR Spectrum
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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References

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Pilcher, Parchment, et al., 1993
Pilcher, G.; Parchment, O.G.; Hillier, I.H.; Heatley, F.; Fletcher, D.; Ribeiro da Silva, M.A.V.; Ferrao, M.L.C.C.H.; Monte, J.S.; Jiye, F., Thermochemical and theoretical studies on cyclohexanediones, J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 243-247. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Dougherty, Brint, et al., 1978
Dougherty, D.; Brint, P.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls. Lone-pair interactions in α-, β-, γ δ-dicarbonyls, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 5597. [all data]

Cowan, Gleiter, et al., 1971
Cowan, D.O.; Gleiter, R.; Hashmall, J.A.; Heilbronner, E.; Hornung, V., Interaction between the orbitals of lone pair electrons in dicarbonyl compounds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1971, 10, 401. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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