Acenaphthylene

• Formula: C₁₂H₈
• Molecular weight: 152.1919
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H8/c1-3-9-4-2-6-11-8-7-10(5-1)12(9)11/h1-8H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HXGDTGSAIMULJN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 208-96-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Cyclopenta[de]naphthalene; Acenaphthalene
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Gas 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
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

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]

Sadowska, 1966
Sadowska, K.W., Cieplo tworzenia i uwodornienia acenaftylenu, Przem. Chem., 1966, 45, 66-67. [all data]

Boyd, Christensen, et al., 1965
Boyd, R.H.; Christensen, R.L.; Pua, R., The heats of combustion of acenaphthene, acenaphthylene, and fluoranthene. Strain and delocalization in bridged naphthalenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1965, 87, 3554-3559. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1989
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic Properties of Gaseous Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Containing Five-Membered Rings. Institute for High Temperatures, USSR Academy of Sciences, Preprint No.1-263 (in Russian), Moscow, 1989. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
Dorofeeva O.V., On calculation of thermodynamic properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Thermochim. Acta, 1986, 102, 59-66. [all data]

Moiseeva N.F., 1990
Moiseeva N.F., Group additivity scheme for calculating the chemical thermodynamic properties of gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing five-membered rings, Thermochim. Acta, 1990, 168, 179-186. [all data]

Frenkel M., 1994
Frenkel M., Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds in the Gas State, Vol. I, II, Thermodynamics Research Center, College Station, Texas, 1994, 1994. [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]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Sadowska, Stepniewska, et al., 1969
Sadowska, K.W.; Stepniewska, G.B.; Recko, W.M., Specific heat and enthalpy of fusion of acenaphthene and acenaphthylene, Przem. Chem., 1969, 48, 282. [all data]

Boyd, Christensen, et al., 1965, 2
Boyd, R.H.; Christensen, R.L.; Pua, R., The Heats of Combustion of Acenaphthene, Acenaphthylene, and Fluoranthene. Strain and Delocalization in Bridged Naphthalenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1965, 87, 3554. [all data]

Sangster and Irvine, 1956
Sangster, R.C.; Irvine, J.W., Study of Organic Scintillators, J. Chem. Phys., 1956, 24, 670. [all data]

Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008, 2
Roux, Maria Victoria; Temprado, Manuel; Chickos, James S.; Nagano, Yatsuhisa, Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2955570 . [all data]

Haftka, Parsons, et al., 2006
Haftka, Joris J.H.; Parsons, John R.; Govers, Harrie A.J., Supercooled liquid vapour pressures and related thermodynamic properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons determined by gas chromatography, Journal of Chromatography A, 2006, 1135, 1, 91-100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2006.09.050 . [all data]

Nass, Lenoir, et al., 1995
Nass, Karen; Lenoir, Dieter; Kettrup, Antonius, Calculation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by an Incremental Procedure, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1995, 34, 16, 1735-1736, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.199517351 . [all data]

Sonnefeld, Zoller, et al., 1983
Sonnefeld, W.J.; Zoller, W.H.; May, W.E., Dynamic coupled-column liquid-chromatographic determination of ambient-temperature vapor pressures of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, Anal. Chem., 1983, 55, 2, 275-280, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00253a022 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [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]

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]

Cheda and Westrum, 1994
Cheda, J.A.R.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Subambient-temperature thermophysics of acenaphthene and acenaphthylene: molecular disorder in the latter, J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98, 2482-2488. [all data]

Sadowska, Stepniewska, et al., 1969, 2
Sadowska, K.W.; Stepniewska, G.B.; Recko, W.M., Specific heat and enthalpy of fusion of acenaphthene and acenaphthylene, Przem. Chem., 1969, 48, 282-285. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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