Cubane

• Formula: C₈H₈
• Molecular weight: 104.1491
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8/c1-2-5-3(1)7-4(1)6(2)8(5)7/h1-8H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: TXWRERCHRDBNLG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 277-10-1
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₈H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈

References

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Kybett, Carroll, et al., 1966
Kybett, B.D.; Carroll, S.; Natalis, P.; Bonnell, D.W.; Margrave, J.L.; Franklin, J.L., Thermodynamic properties of cubane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 626. [all data]

Kybett, Carroll, et al., 1966, 2
Kybett, B.D.; Carroll, S.; Natalis, P.; Bonnell, D.W.; Margrave, J.L.; Franklin, J.L., Thermodynamic Properties of Cubane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 3, 626-626, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00955a056 . [all data]

Bashir-Hashemi, Chickos, et al., 2004
Bashir-Hashemi, A.; Chickos, James S.; Hanshaw, William; Zhao, Hui; Farivar, Behzad S.; Liebman, Joel F., The enthalpy of sublimation of cubane, Thermochimica Acta, 2004, 424, 1-2, 91-97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2004.05.022 . [all data]

Hare, Emrick, et al., 1997
Hare, M.; Emrick, T.; Eaton, P.E.; Kass, S.R., Cubyl Anion Formation and an Experimental Determination of the Acidity and C-H Bond Dissociation Energy of Cubane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 1, 237, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9627858 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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