Fluorene

• Formula: C₁₃H₁₀
• Molecular weight: 166.2185
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C13H10/c1-3-7-12-10(5-1)9-11-6-2-4-8-13(11)12/h1-8H,9H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NIHNNTQXNPWCJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 86-73-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 9H-Fluorene; o-Biphenylenemethane; Diphenylenemethane; Methane, diphenylene-; 2,2'-Methylenebiphenyl; 2,3-Benzindene; o-Biphenylmethane
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  • IR Spectrum
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  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Temperature of phase transition

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• SOLUTION (10% CS2 FOR 3800-450 CM^-1) $$ SEE SPECTRUM NO. 6107 FOR CCl4 SOLUTION SPECTRUM; DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 4000-1330 CM^-1, 10% IN CS2 FOR 1330-600 CM^-1); BECKMAN IR-7 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: Timothy J. Johnson, Tanya L. Myers, Yin-Fong Su, Russell G. Tonkyn, Molly Rose K. Kelly-Gorham, and Tyler O. Danby

• solid; Bruker Tensor 37 FTIR; 0.96450084 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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Additional Data

References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Ttrs	Temperature of phase transition
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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