Cyclobutane, methylene-

• Formula: C₅H₈
• Molecular weight: 68.1170
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H8/c1-5-3-2-4-5/h1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QIRVGKYPAOQVNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1120-56-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Cyclobutane, methylene-
• Other names: Methylenecyclobutane
• Information on this page:
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • Gas Chromatography
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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 liquid

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

Spectrum

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Additional Data

UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Roth, Adamczak, et al., 1991
Roth, W.R.; Adamczak, O.; Breuckmann, R.; Lennartz, H.-W.; Boese, R., Die Berechnung von Resonanzenergien; das MM2ERW-Kraftfeld, Chem. Ber., 1991, 124, 2499-2521. [all data]

Good, Moore, et al., 1974
Good, W.D.; Moore, R.T.; Osborn, A.G.; Douslin, D.R., The enthalpies of formation of ethylcyclobutane, methylenecyclobutane, and 1,1-dimethylcyclopropane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1974, 6, 303-310. [all data]

Finke H.L., 1981
Finke H.L., Thermodynamic properties of cyclopropylamine, cyclopentylamine, and methylenecyclobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 345-355. [all data]

Andreevskii D.N., 1983
Andreevskii D.N., Value of the S(298.15) entropy of methylenecyclobutane in the gaseous state, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1983, 57, 2109. [all data]

Andreevskii D.N., 1976
Andreevskii D.N., The similar structures method in thermodynamics of C3-C5 methylenecycloalkanes, Zh. Strukt. Khim., 1976, 17, 51-57. [all data]

Finke, Messerly, et al., 1981
Finke, H.L.; Messerly, J.F.; Lee-Bechtold, S.H., Thermodynamic properties of cyclopropylamine, cyclopentylamine, and methylenecyclobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 345-355. [all data]

Lebedev, Tsvetkova, et al., 1978
Lebedev, B.V.; Tsvetkova, L.Ya.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Finkel'shtein, E.Sh.; Strel'chik, B.S., Thermodynamic characteristics of methylenecyclobutane, Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1978, (7), 3-7. [all data]

Lebedev, Tsvetkova, et al., 1978, 2
Lebedev, B.V.; Tsvetkova, L.Ya.; Rabinovich, I.B., Thermodynamics of methylenecyclobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 809-815. [all data]

Lebedev, Lebedev, et al., 1975
Lebedev, B.V.; Lebedev, N.K.; Kiparisova, Y.G.; Tsvetkova, L.Ya.; Rabinovich, I.B., Thermodynamics of methylenecyclobutane and 1,5-cyclooctadiene, Quatrieme Conference International de Thermodynamique Chimique, 1975, II, Thermophysique (capacites thermiques) pp. [all data]

Slabey, 1946
Slabey, V.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1335. [all data]

Finke, Messerly, et al., 1981, 2
Finke, H.L.; Messerly, J.F.; Lee-Bechtold, S.H., Thermodynamic properties of cyclopropylamine,cyclopentylamine,and methylenecyclobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 345. [all data]

Lebedev, Tsvetkova, et al., 1978, 3
Lebedev, B.V.; Tsvetkova, L.Ya.; Rabinovich, I.B., Thermodynamics of methylenecyclobutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 809-15. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Lebedev, Tsvetkova, et al., 1978, 4
Lebedev, B.V.; Tsvetkova, L.Y.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Finkel'shtein, E.S.; Strel'chick, B.S., Termodin. Org. Soedin., 1978, 7, 3. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Loeffler and Pickett, 1958
Loeffler, B.; Pickett, L., J. Chem. Phys., 1958, 28, 345. [all data]

Heberger, 1990
Heberger, K., Identification of C₅H₈ Isomers Through Reactions of Singlet Methylene, CH₂(ã¹A₁), with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Using Capillary Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry, Analyst, 1990, 115, 6, 725-729, https://doi.org/10.1039/an9901500725 . [all data]

Hively and Hinton, 1968
Hively, R.A.; Hinton, R.E., Variation of the retention index with temperature on squalane substrates, J. Gas Chromatogr., 1968, 6, 4, 203-217, https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/6.4.203 . [all data]

White, Hackett, et al., 1992
White, C.M.; Hackett, J.; Anderson, R.R.; Kail, S.; Spock, P.S., Linear temperature programmed retention indices of gasoline range hydrocarbons and chlorinated hydrocarbons on cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane, J. Hi. Res. Chromatogr., 1992, 15, 2, 105-120, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhrc.1240150211 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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