Benzene, cyclohexyl-

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 160.2554
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H16/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1,3-4,7-8,12H,2,5-6,9-10H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IGARGHRYKHJQSM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 827-52-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Cyclohexane, phenyl-; Cyclohexylbenzene; Phenylcyclohexane; 1,1'-Biphenyl, 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

3 +  =

By formula: 3H₂ + C₁₂H₁₀ = C₁₂H₁₆

3 +  =

By formula: 3H₂ + C₁₂H₁₆ = C₁₂H₂₂

References

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Montgomery, Rossini, et al., 1978
Montgomery, R.L.; Rossini, F.D.; Mansson, M., Enthalpies of combustion, vaporization, and formation of phenylbenzene, cyclohexylbenzene, and cyclohexylcyclohexane; enthalpy of hydrogenation of certain aromatic systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1978, 23, 125-129. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Good and Lee, 1976
Good, W.D.; Lee, S.H., The enthalpies of formation of selected naphthalenes, diphenylmethanes, and bicyclic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1976, 8, 643-650. [all data]

O'Rourke and Mraw, 1983
O'Rourke, D.F.; Mraw, S.C., Heat capacities and enthalpies of fusion of dibenzothiophene (220 to 560 K) and of biphenyl, cyclohexylbenzene, and cyclohexylcyclohexane (220 to 475 K). Enthalpies and temperatures of three transitions in solid cyclohexylcyclohexane, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1983, 15, 489-502. [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]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Mears, Stanley, et al., 1963
Mears, T.W.; Stanley, C.L.; Compere, E.L.; Howard, F.L., Synthesis, purification, and physical properties of seven twelve-carbon hyd rocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., Sect. A, 1963, 67, 475. [all data]

Jessup and Stanley, 1961
Jessup, R.S.; Stanley, C.L., Heats and volumes of mixing in several c(12) hydrocarbon systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 368-71. [all data]

Sohda, Okazaki, et al., 1990
Sohda, M.; Okazaki, M.; Iwai, Y.; Arai, Y.; Sakoguchi, A.; Ueoka, R.; Kato, Y., Vapor pressures of cyclohexylbenzene and diphenylmethane, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1990, 22, 6, 607-608, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(90)90152-G . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Frye, 1962
Frye, C.G., Equilibria in the hydrogenation of polycyclic aromatics, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1962, 7, 592-595. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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