Cyclobutene

• Formula: C₄H₆
• Molecular weight: 54.0904
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6/c1-2-4-3-1/h1-2H,3-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CFBGXYDUODCMNS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 822-35-5
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Wiberg and Fenoglio, 1968
Wiberg, K.B.; Fenoglio, R.A., Heats of formation of C₄H₆ hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1968, 90, 3395-3397. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic properties of twenty-one monocyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1986, 15, 437-464. [all data]

Danti A., 1957
Danti A., Thermodynamic functions of cyclobutene, J. Chem. Phys., 1957, 27, 1227. [all data]

Hively and Hinton, 1968
Hively, R.A.; Hinton, R.E., Variation of the retention index with temperature on squalane substrates, J. Gas Chromatogr., 1968, 6, 4, 203-217, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/6.4.203 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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