Cyclopropane

• Formula: C₃H₆
• Molecular weight: 42.0797
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6/c1-2-3-1/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LVZWSLJZHVFIQJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-19-4
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• Other names: Trimethylene; Trimethylene (cyclic); UN 1027; Cyclopropnane
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₃H₅^- +  =

By formula: C₃H₅^- + H⁺ = C₃H₆

 +  =

By formula: HBr + C₃H₆ = C₃H₇Br

=  + 

By formula: C₃H₆I₂ = C₃H₆ + I₂

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   D_3h     Symmetry Number σ = 6

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

References

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Lacher, Kianpour, et al., 1957
Lacher, J.R.; Kianpour, A.; Park, J.D., Reaction heats of organic halogen compounds. X. Vapor phase heats of hydrobromination of cyclopropane and propylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 1124-1125. [all data]

Lacher, Walden, et al., 1950
Lacher, J.R.; Walden, C.H.; Lea, K.R.; Park, J.D., Vapor phase heats of hydrobromination of cyclopropane and propylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 331-333. [all data]

Benson and Amano, 1962
Benson, S.W.; Amano, A., Thermodynamics of iodine addition to ethylene, propylene, and cyclopropane, J. Chem. Phys., 1962, 36, 3464-3471. [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume I, National Bureau of Standards, 1972, 1-160. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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