Phenanthrene, 3,4,5,6-tetramethyl-

• Formula: C₁₈H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 234.3355
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C18H18/c1-11-5-7-15-9-10-16-8-6-12(2)14(4)18(16)17(15)13(11)3/h5-10H,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BUSLHLOSCTVNRQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7343-06-8
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• Other names: 3,4,5,6-Tetramethylphenanthrene
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Gas phase ion energetics data

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LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Karnes, Kybett, et al., 1965
Karnes, H.A.; Kybett, B.D.; Wilson, M.H.; Margrave, J.L.; Newman, M.S., Strain energies in hydrocarbons from heats of combustion. III. 3,4,5,6- and 2,4,5,7-tetramethylphenanthrenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1965, 87, 5554-5558. [all data]

Dougherty, Bertorello, et al., 1971
Dougherty, R.C.; Bertorello, H.E.; Martinez de Bertorello, M., Mass spectra and thermochemistry of methyl phenanthrenes. A contribution to the analogy between mass spectral and thermal fragmentation reactions, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1971, 5, 1321. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  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
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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