Benzene

• Formula: C₆H₆
• Molecular weight: 78.1118
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H6/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 71-43-2
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• Isotopologues:
  • Benzene-D6
• Other names: [6]Annulene; Benzol; Benzole; Coal naphtha; Cyclohexatriene; Phenyl hydride; Pyrobenzol; Pyrobenzole; Benzolene; Bicarburet of hydrogen; Carbon oil; Mineral naphtha; Motor benzol; Benzeen; Benzen; Benzin; Benzine; Benzolo; Fenzen; NCI-C55276; Phene; Rcra waste number U019; UN 1114; NSC 67315; 1,3,5-Cyclohexatriene
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Normal melting point

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References

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

Linek, Wichterle, et al., 1996
Linek, J.; Wichterle, I.; Marsh, K.N., Vapor-liquid Equilibria for N-Methyl-3-pyrrolidone + Benzene, + Toluene, and + Methylcyclohexane, J. Chem. Eng. data, 1996, 41, 1212-8. [all data]

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Snow, R.L.; Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R.; Marsh, K.N.; O'Shea, S.; Stokes, R.H., (Solid + liquid) and (vapor + liquid) phase equilibria and excess enthalpies for (benzene + n-tetradecane), (benzene + n-hexadecane), (cyclohexane + n-tetradecane), and (cyclohexane + n-hexadecane), J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1986, 18, 107. [all data]

Ott and Goates, 1983
Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria in Binary Mixtures Containing Benzene, a Cycloalkane, an n-Alkane, or Tetrachloromethane. An Equation for Representing (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 267-78. [all data]

Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980
Guieu, R.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Carbonnel, L., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1980, No. 1, 50. [all data]

Guieu, Faradjzadeh, et al., 1980, 2
Guieu, R.; Faradjzadeh, A.; Carbonnel, L., Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1980, No. 1, 51. [all data]

Pawlowski and Wieckowska, 1980
Pawlowski, W.; Wieckowska, E., Distribution Studies on Ternary System Water--Benzene--Chloro- or Nitroaniline, Pol. J. Chem., 1980, 54, 543. [all data]

Maheshwari, Suri, et al., 1979
Maheshwari, R.C.; Suri, S.K.; Tewari, U.S., Excess Volumes of Mixing of Binary Mixtures or Arsenic Tribromide with Benzene, Cyclohexane, and Carbon Tetrachloride at 202.15, 308.15 and 313.15, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1979, 24, 237. [all data]

Smith, 1979
Smith, G.W., Phase behavior of some linear polyphenyls, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1979, 49, 207. [all data]

Goates, Ott, et al., 1973
Goates, J.R.; Ott, J.B.; Reeder, J., Solid + liquid phae equilibria and solid compound formation in hexafluorobenzene + benzene, + pyridine, + furan, and + thiophen, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1973, 5, 135. [all data]

Kogan and Morachevskii, 1972
Kogan, I.V.; Morachevskii, A.G., Liquid-vapor equilibrium in the system hexafluorobenzene + benzene ( formation of two azeotropes), Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1972, 45, 1888-90. [all data]

Stokes, Levien, et al., 1970
Stokes, R.H.; Levien, B.J.; Marsh, K.N., A contunuous dilution dilatometer. The excess volume for the system cyclohexane + benzene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1970, 2, 43-52. [all data]

Stokes, Marsh, et al., 1969
Stokes, R.H.; Marsh, K.N.; Tomlins, R.P., An isothermal displacement calorimeter for endothermic enthalpies of mixing, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 211-21. [all data]

Bonner, Woolsey, et al., 1968
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Kemula, Buchowski, et al., 1968
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Marsh, 1968
Marsh, K.N., Thermodynamics of Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane mixtures, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1968, 64, 883. [all data]

Powell and Swinton, 1968
Powell, R.J.; Swinton, F.L., Excess Volumes of Mixing: Benzene-Cyclohexane and Benzene-Diphenylmethane Systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1968, 13, 260-2. [all data]

Pacor, 1967
Pacor, P., Applicability of the Du Pont 900 DTA apparatus in quantitative d. t. a., Anal. Chim. Acta, 1967, 37, 200-8. [all data]

Cioffi and Messer, 1966
Cioffi, F.J.; Messer, C.E., Solid-Liquid Equilibria in the Benzene-Pyridine System, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1966, 11, 532. [all data]

Sabinin, Belousov, et al., 1966
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Goates, Ott, et al., 1964
Goates, J.R.; Ott, J.B.; Mangelson, N.F., Solid-Liquid Phase Equil. in Binary Mixt. of Silicon Tetrachloride, Silicon Tetrabromide, and Tin Tetrachloride with Benzene, p-Xylene and p-Dioxane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1964, 9, 330. [all data]

Miller, 1963
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Rastogi and Nigam, 1959
Rastogi, R.P.; Nigam, R.K., Thermodynamic Properties of Binary Mixtures of Benzene, Cyclohexane and Carbon Tetrachloride, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 2005. [all data]

Afenkov, 1958
Afenkov, N.I., Measurement of specific volume of some organic liquids by an adjustable dilatometer, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1958, No. 6, 128-32. [all data]

Prince and Hunter, 1957
Prince, R.G.H.; Hunter, T.G., The quaternary system: benzene - carbon tetrachloride acetic acid - water at 25c, Chem. Eng. Sci., 1957, 6, 245-61. [all data]

Walling and Miller, 1957
Walling, C.; Miller, B., The Relative Reactivities of Substituted Toluenes toward Chlorine Atoms, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 4181. [all data]

Fair, 1956
Fair, F., Anal. Chem., 1956, 27, 1886-88. [all data]

Staveley and Taylor, 1956
Staveley, L.A.K.; Taylor, P.F., Solutions of Alcohols in Nonpolar Solvents III. The Viscosities of Dilute Solutions of Primary Alcohols in Benzene, J. Chem. Soc., 1956, 1956, 200. [all data]

Brown, Mathieson, et al., 1955
Brown, C.P.; Mathieson, A.R.; Thynne, J.C.J., Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Mixtures I. The Heats of Mixing of the Binary and Ternary Systems Formed by Benzene, Cyclohexane, and Heptane, J. Chem. Soc., 1955, 1955, 4141. [all data]

Cutting and Jones, 1955
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Neff and Hickman, 1955
Neff, J.A.; Hickman, J.B., Total Pressure of Certain Binary Liquid Mixtures, J. Phys. Chem., 1955, 59, 42-5. [all data]

Puchalik, 1954
Puchalik, M., Investigation of Solutions of Strong Polar Substances in Polar and Nonpol, Acta Phys. Pol., 1954, 13, 159. [all data]

Kravchenko and Pastukhova, 1953
Kravchenko, V.M.; Pastukhova, I.S., Ternary systems of indene+isoquinoline+naphthalene and naphthalene + isoquinoline+benzene, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1953, 27, 822. [all data]

Kipling and Tester, 1952
Kipling, J.J.; Tester, D.A., Adsorption from Binary Mixtures: Determination of Indivicual Adsorption Isotherms, J. Chem. Soc., 1952, 1952, 4123-33. [all data]

Marechal, 1952
Marechal, J., Concentrated Solutions XVI. The Thermodynamic Study of Hydrocarbon Mixture mixtures formed by molecules of different sizes, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1952, 61, 149-66. [all data]

Spengler and Tamplin, 1952
Spengler, H.T.; Tamplin, W.S., Procedures in ice calorimetry, Anal. Chem., 1952, 24, 941-4. [all data]

Denyer, Fidler, et al., 1949
Denyer, R.L.; Fidler, F.A.; Lowry, R.A., Azeotrope Formation Between Thiols and Hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2727-37. [all data]

Jones, Bowden, et al., 1948
Jones, W.J.; Bowden, S.T.; Yarnold, W.W.; Jones, W.H., The Viscosity of Solutions of Prinary Alcohols and Fatty Acids in Benzene and in Carbon Tetrachloride, J. Phys. Colloid Chem., 1948, 52, 753. [all data]

Forziati, Glasgow, et al., 1946
Forziati, A.F.; Glasgow, A.R.; Willingham, C.B.; Rossini, F.D., Specification adn Properties of 29 Paraffin, 4 Alkylcyclopentanes, 10 Alkylcyclohexanes and 8 Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1946, 36, 129. [all data]

Gibbons, Thompson, et al., 1946
Gibbons, L.C.; Thompson, J.F.; Reynolds, T.W.; Wright, J.I.; Chanan, H.H.; Lamberti, J.M.; Hipsher, H.F.; Karabinos, J.V., The Purification and Physical Constants of Aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1130. [all data]

Transue, Washburn, et al., 1942
Transue, L.F.; Washburn, E.R.; Kahler, F.H., The Direct Measurement of the Spreading Pressures of Volatile Organic Liquids on Water, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 274. [all data]

Anonymous, 1941
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Seyer, 1938
Seyer, W.F., Mutual Solubilities of Hydrocarbons II. The Freezing Point Curves of Dotricontane (Dicetyl) in Dodecane, Decane, Octane, Hexane, Cyclohexane and Benzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 827-30. [all data]

Smittenberg, Hoog, et al., 1938
Smittenberg, J.; Hoog, H.; Henkes, R.A., Freezing Points of A Number of Pure Hydrocarbons of the Gasoline Boiling Range and of Some of their Binary Mixtures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 17. [all data]

Leslie and Heuer, 1937
Leslie, R.T.; Heuer, W.W., Study of the Crystal Behavior of Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1937, 18, 639. [all data]

Kireev and Skvortsova, 1936
Kireev, V.A.; Skvortsova, A.A., Equilibrium in liquid mixtures and solutions: vii elasticity, vapor- tension, compositon and some other properties of binary mixtures benzene + dichloroethane, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1936, 7, 63-70. [all data]

Kistiakowsky, Ruhoff, et al., 1936
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Wojciechowski, 1936
Wojciechowski, M., The Measurement of A Few Physicochemical Constants of Benzene, Rocz. Chem., 1936, 16, 524. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
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Joukovsky, 1934
Joukovsky, N.I., Experimental Study of the Theory of Concentrated Solutions. XI. Thermodynamic Properties of Concentrated Solutions of Aliphatic Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1934, 43, 397. [all data]

Deitz, 1933
Deitz, V.R., The Vapor Pressure of Crystalline Benzene and Cyclohexane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 472. [all data]

Ferguson and Miller, 1933
Ferguson, A.; Miller, J.T., A Method for the Determination of the Specific Heats of Liquids, and A Determination of the Specific Heats of Aniline and Benzene Over the Approximate Range 20 deg C to 50 deg C, Proc. Phys. Soc., London, 1933, 45, 194. [all data]

Gross and Saylor, 1931
Gross, P.M.; Saylor, J.H., The Solubilities of Certain Slightly Soluble Org. Compounds in Water, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 1744. [all data]

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Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Some fusion and transition data for hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1931, 23, 1138-9. [all data]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Daniels, A.C., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds: VII The Heat Capacities, Entropies and Free Energies of Twelve Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 1547-58. [all data]

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Andrews, D.H.; Lynn, G.; Johnston, J., The Heat Capacities and Heat of Crystallization of Some Isomeric Aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1274. [all data]

Maass and Walbauer, 1925
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Knowles, 1920
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Maass and Russell, 1918
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Kendall, J.; Monroe, K.P., The Viscosity of Liquids. II. The Viscosity-Composition Curve for Ideal Liquid Mixtures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1917, 39, 1787. [all data]

Kendall and Monroe, 1917, 2
Kendall, J.; Monroe, K.P., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1917, 39, 1802. [all data]

Richards and Shipley, 1916
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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