Phenylethyne

• Formula: C₈H₆
• Molecular weight: 102.1332
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H6/c1-2-8-6-4-3-5-7-8/h1,3-7H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UEXCJVNBTNXOEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 536-74-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Benzene, beta-deuteroethynyl-
  • Benzene, beta-deuteroethynyl-
• Other names: Benzene, ethynyl-; Ethyne, phenyl-; Ethynylbenzene; Phenylacetylene; 1-Phenylethyne; Acetylene, phenyl-; Ethinylbenzene
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  • Phase change data
  • IR Spectrum
  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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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 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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (VAPOR PRESSURE OF LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• GAS (VAPOR PRESSURE OF LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE) $$ SEE SPECTRUM NO. 10136 FOR "SOLUTION" STATE $$ SEE SP. ACTA, VOL. 16, P. 918, 1960; Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 2.5-7.5, 10% CS2 FOR 7.5-15 MICRON); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1333, 10% IN CS2 FOR 1333-450 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

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

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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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Additional Data

References

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Moureu and Andre, 1914
Moureu, C.; Andre, E., Thermochimie des composes acetyleniques, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1914, 1, 113-145. [all data]

Lebedev, Bykova, et al., 1982
Lebedev, B.V.; Bykova, T.A.; Smirnova, N.N.; Kulagina, T.G., Thermodynmics of phenylacetylene, its cyclotrimerization, and the resulting 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene at 0-480 K, Zhur. Obshch. Khim., 1982, 52, 2630-2636. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. I. Phenyl derivatives of methane, ethane and some related compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3644-3660. [all data]

Farchan Laboratories, 1990
Farchan Laboratories, Research Chemicals Catalog, Farchan Laboratories, Gainesville, FL, 1990, 91. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931, 2
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal Energy Studies I. Phenyl Derivatives of Methane, Ethane and Some Related Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3644. [all data]

Moureu and Andre, 1914, 2
Moureu, C.; Andre, E., Thermochemistry of Acetylenic Compounds, Ann. Chim. (Paris), 1914, 1, 113. [all data]

Bruhl, 1886
Bruhl, J.W., Investigation of Molar Refraction of ORganic Liquids from Light Scattering Measurements, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1886, 235, 1. [all data]

Lebedev, Bykova, et al., 1982, 2
Lebedev, B.V.; Bykova, T.A.; Smirnova, N.N.; Kulagina, T.G., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1982, 52, 2630. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 2002
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Measurements of Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturation Line for γ-Caprolactam, Pyrazine, 1,2-Propanediol, Triethylene Glycol, Phenyl Acetylene, and Diphenyl Acetylene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 4, 689-699, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010085z . [all data]

Chickos, Hyman, et al., 1981
Chickos, James S.; Hyman, Arthur S.; Ladon, Liina H.; Liebman, Joel F., Measurement and estimation of the heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons, J. Org. Chem., 1981, 46, 21, 4294-4296, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00334a040 . [all data]

Fihtengolts, et al., 1969
Fihtengolts, V.S., et al., Atlas of UV Absorption Spectra of Substances Used in Synthetic Rubber Manufacture, 1969, 172. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid 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

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