Styrene

• Formula: C₈H₈
• Molecular weight: 104.1491
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8/c1-2-8-6-4-3-5-7-8/h2-7H,1H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PPBRXRYQALVLMV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-42-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, ethenyl-; Bulstren K-525-19; Cinnamene; Phenethylene; Phenylethene; Phenylethylene; Styrol (German); Styrole; Styrolene; Styropol SO; Vinylbenzene; Vinylbenzol; Ethenylbenzene; Cinnaminol; Cinnamol; Styrol; Benzene, vinyl-; Cinnamenol; Ethylene, phenyl-; NCI-C02200; Stirolo; Styreen; Styren; Styrene monomer; Vinylbenzen; Annamene; NSC 62785; ethenylbenzene (styrene); Vinylbenzene (styrene)
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
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 fusion

Entropy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (6 mmHg DILUTED TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 600 mmHg WITH N2); DIGILAB FTS-14 (2 CM^-1 RESOLUTION); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• GAS (6 mmHg, N2 ADD, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DIGILAB FTS-14; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1333, 10% IN CS2 FOR 1333-660, AND 10% IN CCl4 FOR 660-450 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (2% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1333, 2% IN CS2 FOR 1333-660, 2% IN CCl4 FOR 660-450 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: Tanya L. Myers, Russell G. Tonkyn, Ashley M. Oeck, Tyler O. Danby, John S. Loring, Matthew S. Taubman, Stephen W. Sharpe, Jerome C. Birnbaum, and Timothy J. Johnson

• liquid; Bruker Tensor 27 FTIR; 0.4821395 cm^-1 resolution

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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Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of formation and combustion of 1,3-butadiene and styrene, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 34, 59-63. [all data]

Landrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929
Landrieu, P.; Baylocq, F.; Johnson, J.R., Etude thermochimique dans la serie furanique, Bull. Soc. Chim. France, 1929, 45, 36-49. [all data]

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

Warfield and Petree, 1961
Warfield, R.W.; Petree, M.C., Thermodynamic properties of polystyrene and styrene, J. Polymer Sci., 1961, 55, 497-505. [all data]

Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946
Pitzer, K.S.; Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., The heat capacity, heats of fusion and vaporization, vapor pressure, entropy vibration frequencies and barrier to internal rotation of styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2209-2212. [all data]

Guttman and Westrum, 1943
Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., and Pitzer, K.S., The thermodynamics of styrene (phenylethylene), including equilibrium of formation from ethylbenzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 1246-1247. [all data]

Lebedev, Lebedev, et al., 1985
Lebedev, B.V.; Lebedev, N.K.; Smirnova, N.N.; Kozyreva, N.M.; Kirillin, A.I.; Korshak, V.V., The isotope effect in the thermodynamic parameters of polymerization of styrene, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 1985, SSSR 281, 379-383. [all data]

Kurbatov, 1950
Kurbatov, V.Ya., Specific heats of liquids. III. Specific heat of hydrocarbons with several noncondensed rings, Zhur. Obshch. Khim., 1950, 20, 1139-1144. [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]

Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 2
Pitzer, K.S.; Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., The Heat Capacity, Heats of Fusion and Vaporization, Vapor Pressure Entropy, Vib. Frequencies, and Barrier to Internal Rotation of Styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2209. [all data]

Guttman, Westrum, et al., 1943
Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F.; Pitzer, K.S., The Thermodynamics of Styrene (Phenylethylene) Including the Equilibrium Formation from Ethylbenzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 1246. [all data]

Guttman, 1943
Guttman, L., , Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, 1943. [all data]

Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 3
Pitzer, K.S.; Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., The heat capacity, heats of fusion and vaporization, vapor pressure, entropy, vibration frequencies and barrier to internal rotation of styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2209-22. [all data]

Patnode and Scheiber, 1939
Patnode, Winton.; Scheiber, W.J., The Density, Thermal Expansion, Vapor Pressure, and Refractive Index of Styrene, and the Density and Thermal Expansion of Polystyrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 12, 3449-3451, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01267a066 . [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]

Chaiyavech and Van Winkle, 1959
Chaiyavech, Pramote; Van Winkle, Matthew, Styrene-Ethylbenzene Vapor-Liquid Equilibria at Reduced Pressures., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 1, 53-56, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60001a008 . [all data]

Dreyer, Martin, et al., 1955
Dreyer, R.; Martin, W.; von Weber, U., Die S«65533»ttigungsdampfdrucke von Benzol, Toluol, «65533»thylbenzol, Styrol, Cumol und Brombenzol zwischen 10 und 760 Torr, J. Prakt. Chem., 1955, 1, 5-6, 324-328, https://doi.org/10.1002/prac.19550010508 . [all data]

Burchfield, 1942
Burchfield, P.E., Vapor Pressures of Indene, Styrene and Dicyclopentadiene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 10, 2501-2501, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01262a504 . [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]

Rodebush and Feldman, 1946
Rodebush, W.H.; Feldman, I., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 896. [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
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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