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

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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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]

Miller, Freidman, et al., 2004
Miller, T.M.; Freidman, J.F.; Viggiano, A.A., Electron Attachment and detachment and the Electron Affinity of cyclo-C4F8, J. Chem. Phys., 2004, 120, 15, 7024-7028, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1683082 . [all data]

Hiraoka, Mizuno, et al., 2002
Hiraoka, K.; Mizuno, T.; Eguchi, D.; Takao, K.; Iino, T.; Yamabe, S., Gas-phase ion/molecule reactions in octafluorocyclobutane, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 116, 17, 7574-7582, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1400787 . [all data]

Bopp, Roscioli, et al., 2007
Bopp, J.C.; Roscioli, J.R.; Johnson, M.A.; Miller, T.M.; Viggiano, A.A.; Villano, S.M.; Wren, S.W.; Lineberger, Spectroscopic characterization of the isolated SF6- and C4F8- anions: Observation of very long harmonic progressions in symmetric deformation modes upon photodetachment, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 7, 1214-1221, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0665372 . [all data]

Miller, Morris, et al., 1994
Miller, T.M.; Morris, R.A.; Miller, A.E.S.; Viggiano, A.A.; Paulson, J.F., Observation of Thermal Electron Detachment from Cyclo-C4F8- in FALP Experiments, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1994, 135, 2-3, 195, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(94)03999-2 . [all data]

Lifshitz, Tiernan, et al., 1973
Lifshitz, C.; Tiernan, T.O.; Hughes, B.M., Electron affinities from endothermic negative-ion charge transfer reactions. IV. SF₆, selected fluorocarbons, and other polyatomic molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 3182. [all data]

Bibby and Carter, 1963
Bibby, M.M.; Carter, G., Ionization and dissociation in some fluorocarbon gases, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1963, 59, 2455. [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:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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