Decane, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₁₁H₂₄
• Molecular weight: 156.3083
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H24/c1-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11(2)3/h11H,4-10H2,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CNPVJWYWYZMPDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 6975-98-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2-Methyldecane; n-C8H17CH(CH3)2
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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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Anonymous, 1950
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 6, Natl. Bur. Stand., 1950. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1950
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Derfer, J.M., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Wt., Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Twelfth Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., 1950. [all data]

Messerly and Finke, 1971
Messerly, J.F.; Finke, H.L., Low-temperature Thermal Properties of 2-Methyldecane: the Thermodynamic Properties of the 2-Methylalkanes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 675-87. [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]

Majer, Svoboda, et al., 1984
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V.; Pechacek, J.; Hala, S., Enthalpies of vaporization and cohesive energies of eight C₉ to C₁₁, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1984, 16, 567-572. [all data]

Osborn and Douslin, 1974
Osborn, Ann G.; Douslin, Donald R., Vapor-pressure relations for 15 hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1974, 19, 2, 114-117, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60061a022 . [all data]

Messerly and Finke, 1971, 2
Messerly, J.F.; Finke, H.L., Low-temperature thermal properties of 2-methylheptane and 2-methyldecane: the thermodynamic properties of the 2-methylalkanes, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1971, 3, 675-687. [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:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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