Pyrene

• Formula: C₁₆H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 202.2506
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H10/c1-3-11-7-9-13-5-2-6-14-10-8-12(4-1)15(11)16(13)14/h1-10H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BBEAQIROQSPTKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 129-00-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: β-Pyrene; Benzo[def]phenanthrene; Pyren; Coal tar pitch volatiles:pyrene
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

C₁₆H₁₀⁺ +  = (C₁₆H₁₀⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₆H₁₀⁺ + C₁₆H₁₀ = (C₁₆H₁₀⁺ • C₁₆H₁₀)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

C₁₆H₁₁⁺ +  = (C₁₆H₁₁⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₆H₁₁⁺ + C₁₆H₁₀ = (C₁₆H₁₁⁺ • C₁₆H₁₀)

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

C₁₆H₁₀⁺ +  = (C₁₆H₁₀⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₆H₁₀⁺ + C₁₆H₁₀ = (C₁₆H₁₀⁺ • C₁₆H₁₀)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

C₁₆H₁₁⁺ +  = (C₁₆H₁₁⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₆H₁₁⁺ + C₁₆H₁₀ = (C₁₆H₁₁⁺ • C₁₆H₁₀)

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Smith, Stewart, et al., 1980
Smith, N.K.; Stewart, R.C., Jr.; Osborn, A.G.; Scott, D.W., Pyrene: vapor pressure, enthalpy of combustion, and chemical thermodynamic properties, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 919-926. [all data]

Westrum and Wong, 1967
Westrum, E.F., Jr.; Wong, S., Strain energies and thermal properties of globular and polynuclear aromatic molecules, AEC Rept. Coo-1149-92, Contract AT(11-1)-1149, 1967, 1-7. [all data]

Richardson and Parks, 1939
Richardson, J.W.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIX. Modern combustion data for some non-volatile compounds containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 3543-3546. [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]

Richardson, 1939
Richardson, J.W., Precise determination of the heats of combustion of some representative organic compounds, Ph.D. Thesis for Standford University, 1939, 1-122. [all data]

Wong and Westrum, 1971
Wong, W-K.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Thermodynamics of polynuclear aromatic molecules. I. Heat capacities and enthalpies of fusion of pyrene, flouranthene, and triphenylene, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1971, 3, 105-124. [all data]

Jacobs and Parks, 1934
Jacobs, C.J.; Parks, G.S., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIV. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for cyclic substances, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1513-1517. [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1980
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Dimer Cations of Polycyclic Aromatics: Experimental Bonding Energies and Resonance Stabilization, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 21, 2724, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100458a012 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  T	Temperature
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid 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
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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