1,3-Cyclopentadiene, 1-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₈
• Molecular weight: 80.1277
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H8/c1-6-4-2-3-5-6/h2-4H,5H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NFWSQSCIDYBUOU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 96-39-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1-Methyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene; 1-Methylcyclopentadiene; l,3-Cyclopentadiene,1-methyl-
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Phase change data

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

References

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Parks and Huffman, 1931
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Some fusion and transition data for hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1931, 23, 1138-9. [all data]

Bieri, Burger, et al., 1977
Bieri, G.; Burger, F.; Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P., Valence ionization enrgies of hydrocarbons, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1977, 60, 2213. [all data]

Meyer and Harrison, 1964
Meyer, F.; Harrison, A.G., Ionization potentials of methyl-substituted benzenes and cyclopentadienes, Can. J. Chem., 1964, 42, 2256. [all data]

Cradock, Ebsworth, et al., 1975
Cradock, S.; Ebsworth, E.A.V.; Moretto, H.; Rankin, D.W.H., Photoelectron spectra and fluxional behaviour in some σ-cyclopentadienes, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 390. [all data]

Cradock, Findlay, et al., 1974
Cradock, S.; Findlay, R.H.; Palmer, M.H., Bonding in methyl- and silyl-cyclopentadiene compounds: a study by photoelectron spectroscopy ab initio molecular-orbital calculations, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1974, 1650. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature

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