Diphenylacetylene

• Formula: C₁₄H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 178.2292
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H10/c1-3-7-13(8-4-1)11-12-14-9-5-2-6-10-14/h1-10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JRXXLCKWQFKACW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 501-65-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Diphenylethyne; Benzene, 1,1'-(1,2-ethynediyl)bis-; Acetylene, diphenyl-; Ethyne, diphenyl-; Tolan; Tolane; 1,2-Diphenylacetylene; 1,1'-(1,2-Ethanediyl)bisbenzene; NSC 5185
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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
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy 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

=  + 

By formula: C₁₅H₁₀O = C₁₄H₁₀ + CO

2 +  =

By formula: 2H₂ + C₁₄H₁₀ = C₁₄H₁₄

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
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (SPLIT MULL), FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1330 CM^-1, NUJOL FOR 1330-400 CM^-1; BECKMAN IR-9 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 3800-1330, 10% CS2 FOR 1330-400 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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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

Spectrum

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References

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Davis, Allinger, et al., 1985
Davis, H.E.; Allinger, N.L.; Rogers, D.W., Enthalpies of hydrogenation of phenylalkynes: indirect determination of the enthalpy of formation of diphenylcyclopropenone, J. Org. Chem., 1985, 50, 3601-3604. [all data]

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Coops, Hoijtink, et al., 1953
Coops, J.; Hoijtink, G.J.; Kramer, Th.J.E.; Faber, A.C., Thermochemical investigations on arylethynes I. Heats of combustion of some diarylethynes, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1953, 72, 781. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1950
Kurbatov, V.Ya., Specific heats of liquids. III. Specific heat of hydrocarbons with several noncondensed rings, Zhur. Obshch. Khim., 1950, 20, 1139-1144. [all data]

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Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. I. Phenyl derivatives of methane, ethane and some related compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3644-3660. [all data]

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Chickos, Hesse, et al., 1998
Chickos, James; Hesse, Donald; Hosseini, Sarah; Nichols, Gary; Webb, Paul, Sublimation enthalpies at 298.15K using correlation gas chromatography and differential scanning calorimetry measurements, Thermochimica Acta, 1998, 313, 2, 101-110, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00432-2 . [all data]

Diogo, Minas da Piedade, et al., 1993
Diogo, Hermínio P.; Minas da Piedade, Manuel E.; Fernandes, Anabela C.; Martinho Simões, José A.; Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Monte, Manuel J.S., The enthalpy of sublimation of diphenylacetylene from Knudsen effusion studies, Thermochimica Acta, 1993, 228, 15-22, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(93)80269-G . [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
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Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Measurements of Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturation Line for γ-Caprolactam, Pyrazine, 1,2-Propanediol, Triethylene Glycol, Phenyl Acetylene, and Diphenyl Acetylene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 689-699, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010085z . [all data]

Chickos, Annunziata, et al., 1986
Chickos, J.S.; Annunziata, R.; Ladon, L.H.; Hyman, A.S.; Liebman, J.F., Estimating heats of sublimation of hydrocarbons. A semiempirical approach, J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 4311-4314. [all data]

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Weghofer, 1938
Weghofer, H., , Ph.D. Dissertation, Phys. Chem. Institut der Universital Halle, 1938. [all data]

Jones, 1960
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Grabowski, J.J.; Simon, J.D.; Peters, K.S., Heat of formation of diphenylcyclopropenone by photoacoustic calorimetry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4615-4616. [all data]

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Flitcroft, T.L.; Skinner, H.A., Heats of hydrogenation Part 2.-Acetylene derivatives, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1958, 54, 47-53. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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