Acenaphthene

• Formula: C₁₂H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 154.2078
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H10/c1-3-9-4-2-6-11-8-7-10(5-1)12(9)11/h1-6H,7-8H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CWRYPZZKDGJXCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 83-32-9
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• Isotopologues:
  • Acenaphthene-d10
• Other names: Acenaphthylene, 1,2-dihydro-; Peri-Ethylenenaphthalene; Naphthyleneethylene; 1,2-Dihydroacenaphthylene; 1,8-Ethylenenaphthalene; Acenaphtene
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₁₂H₁₀⁺ +  = (C₁₂H₁₀⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₂H₁₀⁺ + C₁₂H₁₀ = (C₁₂H₁₀⁺ • C₁₂H₁₀)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

C₁₂H₈⁺ +  = (C₁₂H₈⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₂H₈⁺ + C₁₂H₁₀ = (C₁₂H₈⁺ • C₁₂H₁₀)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

C₁₂H₁₁⁺ +  = (C₁₂H₁₁⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₂H₁₁⁺ + C₁₂H₁₀ = (C₁₂H₁₁⁺ • C₁₂H₁₀)

Free energy of reaction

C₁₂H₉^- +  =

By formula: C₁₂H₉^- + H⁺ = C₁₂H₁₀

C₆H₇N⁺ +  = (C₆H₇N⁺ • )

By formula: C₆H₇N⁺ + C₁₂H₁₀ = (C₆H₇N⁺ • C₁₂H₁₀)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₁₂H₁₀ = hexahydroacenaphthylene

IR Spectrum

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• Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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References

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Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1980
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Dimer Cations of Polycyclic Aromatics: Experimental Bonding Energies and Resonance Stabilization, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 21, 2724, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100458a012 . [all data]

Meot-ner and Kafafi, 1988
Meot-ner, M.; Kafafi, S.A., Carbon Acidities of Aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 19, 6297, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00227a003 . [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner) and El-Shall, 1986
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M.; El-Shall, M.S., Ionic Charge Transfer Complexes. 1. Cationic Complexes with Delocalized and Partially Localized pi Systems, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 15, 4386, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00275a026 . [all data]

Frye and Weitkamp, 1969
Frye, C.G.; Weitkamp, A.W., Equilibrium hydrogenations of multi-ring aromatics, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 372-376. [all data]

Herington and Jones, 1949
Herington, E.F.G.; Jones, J.I., Ultraviolet absorption spectra of some copolymers containing acenaphthylene, and of related compounds, J. Polym. Sci., 1949, 4, 725-733. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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