(E)-Stilbene

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 180.2451
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H12/c1-3-7-13(8-4-1)11-12-14-9-5-2-6-10-14/h1-12H/b12-11+ Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PJANXHGTPQOBST-VAWYXSNFSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 103-30-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Stilbene
  • cis-Stilbene
• Other names: Benzene, 1,1'-(1,2-ethenediyl)bis-, (E)-; Stilbene, (E)-; (E)-1,2-Diphenylethylene; trans-α,β-Diphenylethylene; trans-Stilbene; trans-1,2-Diphenylethene; trans-1,2-Diphenylethylene; (E)-1,2-Diphenylethene; Dibenzal, (E)-; Dibenzylidne, (E)-; 1,2-Diphenylethylene (trans); (1,2-Ethenediyl)-1,1'-bisbenzene, (E)-; Stilbene (trans); 1,trans-2-Diphenylethene; 1,trans-2-Diphenylethylene; trans-Diphenylethene; 1,2-Diphenylethene, (E)-; 1,1'-(1,2-Ethanediyl)bis[benzene], trans; Toluylene; t-Stilbene; trans-Bibenzal; trans-Bibenzylidene; Benzene, 1,1'-(1E)-1,2-ethenediylbis-; NSC 2069; 1,1'-(1,2-Ethanediyl)bis(benzene), (E)-
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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

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By formula: C₁₄H₁₂ + H₂ = C₁₄H₁₄

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By formula: C₁₄H₁₂ = C₁₄H₁₂

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By formula: C₁₄H₁₂ = C₁₄H₁₂

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:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

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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Additional Data

References

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Williams, 1942
Williams, R.B., Heats of catalytic hydrogenation in solution. I. Apparatus, technique, and the heats of hydrogenation of certain pairs of stereoisomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1395-1404. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Herman and Goodman, 1989
Herman, M.S.; Goodman, J.L., Determination of the enthalpy and reaction volume changes of organic photoreactions using photoacoustic calorimetry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 1849-1854. [all data]

Saltiel, Ganapathy, et al., 1987
Saltiel, J.; Ganapathy, S.; Werking, C., The ΔH for thermal trans-stilbene/cis-stilbene isomerization. Do S₀ and T₁ potential energy curves cross?, J. Phys. Chem., 1987, 91, 2755-2758. [all data]

Bastianelli, Caia, et al., 1991
Bastianelli, C.; Caia, V.; Cum, G.; Gallo, R.; Mancini, V., Thermal isomerization of photochemically synthesized (Z)-9-styrylacridines. An unusually high enthalpy of Z->E conversion for stilbene-like compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1991, 679-683. [all data]

Fischer, Muszkat, et al., 1968
Fischer, G.; Muszkat, K.A.; Fischer, E., Thermodynamic equilibrium between cis- and trans-isomers in stilbene and some derivatives, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1968, 1156-1158. [all data]

Vogeler, Siegert, et al., 2011
Vogeler, F.; Siegert, S.; Marian, C.M.; Weinkauf, R., T-1, T-2 State Energies and Electron Affinities of Small alpha,omega-Diphenylpolyenes Investigated by Anion Photodetachment Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Excited-State Theory, Chemphyschem, 2011, 12, 10, 1948-1956, https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201001083 . [all data]

Wojnarovits and Foldiak, 1981
Wojnarovits, L.; Foldiak, G., Electron capture detection of aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Chromatogr. Sci., 1981, 206, 511. [all data]

Chen and Wentworth, 1989
Chen, E.C.M.; Wentworth, W.E., Experimental Determination of Electron Affinities of Organic Molecules, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1989, 171, 271. [all data]

Takahashi and Kimura, 1995
Takahashi, M.; Kimura, K., ZEKE Photoelectron spectra of trans-stilbene in the S₁ state, J. Phys. Chem., 1995, 99, 1628. [all data]

Maier and Turner, 1973
Maier, J.P.; Turner, D.W., Steric inhibition of resonance studied by molecular photoelectron spectroscopy. Part 2. Phenylethylenes, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 196. [all data]

Potapov, Kardash, et al., 1972
Potapov, V.K.; Kardash, I.E.; Sorokin, V.V.; Sokolov, S.A.; Evlasheva, T.I., Photoionization of heteroaromatic compounds, Khim. Vys. Energ., 1972, 6, 392. [all data]

Dewar and Goodman, 1972
Dewar, M.J.S.; Goodman, D.W., Photoelectron spectra of molecules. Part 5.--Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1972, 68, 1784. [all data]

Kobayashi, Yokota, et al., 1975
Kobayashi, T.; Yokota, K.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of the cis- trans-isomers of some ethylene derivatives, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1975, 48, 412. [all data]

Distefano, Mazzucato, et al., 1975
Distefano, G.; Mazzucato, U.; Modelli, A.; Pignataro, S.; Orlandi, G., Photoelectron (He I) spectroscopic study of styrylpyridines, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1975, 71, 1583. [all data]

Goetz, Marschner, et al., 1974
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Rodebush and Feldman, 1946
Rodebush, W.H.; Feldman, I., Ultraviolet absorption spectra of organic molecules. III. Mechanical interference of substituent groups with resonance configurations, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 896-899. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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