Dewar benzene, hexamethyl-


Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-21.6kcal/molCcbSchafer and Hellmann, 1967 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1765. ± 1.1kcal/molCcbSchafer and Hellmann, 1967Corresponding Δfliquid = 22. kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

Phase change data

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Data compiled by: Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference
333.20.026Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

Dewar benzene, hexamethyl- = Benzene, hexamethyl-

By formula: C12H18 = C12H18

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-56.2 ± 0.6kcal/molCmAdam and Chang, 1969liquid phase; solvent: Pure phase
Δr-59.5kcal/molEqkOth, 1968liquid phase; Heat of isomerization, see Oth, 1969

Hexamethyltetracyclo[2.2.0(2,6).0(3,5)]hexane = Dewar benzene, hexamethyl-

By formula: C12H18 = C12H18

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-55.7 ± 0.6kcal/molCmAdam and Chang, 1969liquid phase; solvent: Pure phase; Heat of isomerization

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

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Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
7.83PEBougeard, Schrader, et al., 1974Vertical value; LLK
7.92PEMarschner, Juds, et al., 1973Vertical value; LLK

UV/Visible spectrum

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Source (editor), 1973
Owner INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD
Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
on behalf of the United States of America. All rights reserved.
Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 18974
Instrument SF-16
Boiling point 43.0-45.0/ 15 mm

References

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Schafer and Hellmann, 1967
Schafer, W.; Hellmann, H., Hexamethyl-Dewar-Benzol (Hexamethyl-bicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-2,5-dien), Angew. Chem., 1967, 79, 566-573. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Adam and Chang, 1969
Adam, W.; Chang, J.C., Kinetics and thermochemistry of valence isomerization by differential scanning calorimetry: the case of hexamethylprismane and hexamethyldewarbenzene, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1969, 1, 487-492. [all data]

Oth, 1968
Oth, J.F.M., The kinetics and thermochemistry of the thermal rearrangement of hexamethylbicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-2,5-diene (hexamethyldewarbenzene) and of hexamethyltetracyclo[2.2.0,0(2,6).0(3,5)]hexane (hexamethylprismane), Chem. Ber., 1968, 47, 1185-1195. [all data]

Oth, 1969
Oth, J.F.M., The kinetics and thermochemistry of the thermal rearrangement of hexamethyl(Dewar benzene) and of hexamethylprismane, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1969, 7, 646. [all data]

Bougeard, Schrader, et al., 1974
Bougeard, D.; Schrader, B.; Bleckmann, P.; Plesser, T., Ramanspektroskopie und molekulstruktur. VII. Infrarot-, raman- und photoelektronenspektrum des hexamethyl-dewarbenzols; normalkoordinatenberechnung und untersuchung der π-elektronen-wechselwirkung, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1974, 156, 137. [all data]

Marschner, Juds, et al., 1973
Marschner, F.; Juds, H.; Goetz, H., Zur homokonjugation im hexamethyl-dewar-benzol, Tetrahedron Lett., 1973, 3983. [all data]

(editor), 1973
(editor), Koptyug V.A., Atlas of Spectra of Aromatic and Heterocyclic Compounds, 1973, 3, 75. [all data]


Notes

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