Dewar benzene, hexamethyl-

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 162.2713
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H18/c1-7-8(2)12(6)10(4)9(3)11(7,12)5/h1-6H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RVNQQZMIWZPGNA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7641-77-2
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• Other names: Bicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-2,5-diene, 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexamethyl-; Hexamethyl Dewar benzene; Hexamethylbicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-2,5-diene; 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexamethylbicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-2,5-diene; Bicyclo(2.2.0)hexa-2,5-diene, hexamethyl-; 2-Butin hexamethyl-dewar-benzol; Hexamethyl-bicyclo(2.2.0)hexa-2,5-dien; 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexamethylbicyclo(2,2,0)hexa-2,5-diene
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₁₂H₁₈ = C₁₂H₁₈

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By formula: C₁₂H₁₈ = C₁₂H₁₈

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]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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