Cyclobutane, octafluoro-

• Formula: C₄F₈
• Molecular weight: 200.0300
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4F8/c5-1(6)2(7,8)4(11,12)3(1,9)10 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BCCOBQSFUDVTJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 115-25-3
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• Other names: Cyclooctafluorobutane; Freon C 318; Freon 318; FC-C 318; Octafluorocyclobutane; Perfluorocyclobutane; Propellant C 318; R C318; Halocarbon C-138; UN 1976; Cyclobutane, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-octafluoro-
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 + 4 = 4 + 8

By formula: C₄F₈ + 4Na = 4C + 8FNa

2 =

By formula: 2C₂F₄ = C₄F₈

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Andreevskii and Antonova, 1982
Andreevskii, D.N.; Antonova, Z.A., Development of an increment scheme for calculating the thermodynamic properties of organic polyfluoro compounds, J. Appl. Chem. USSR, 1982, 55, 582-587. [all data]

Kolesov, Talakin, et al., 1968
Kolesov, V.P.; Talakin, O.G.; Skuratov, S.M., Enthalpy of formation of some specimens of amorphous carbon, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1968, 42, 1218-1220. [all data]

Kolesov, Talakin, et al., 1964
Kolesov, V.P.; Talakin, O.G.; Skuratov, S.M., Standard enthalpy of formation of perfluorocyclobutane, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1964, 38, 930-931. [all data]

Atkinson and Trenwith, 1953
Atkinson, B.; Trenwith, A.B., 424. The thermal decomposition of tetrafluorethylene, J. Chem. Soc. London, 1953, 2082-2087. [all data]

Zenkevich and Rodin, 2004
Zenkevich, I.G.; Rodin, A.A., Gas chromatographic identification of some volatile toxic fluorine containing compounds by precalculated retention indices, J. Ecol. Chem. (Rus.), 2004, 13, 1, 22-28. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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