Azulene

• Formula: C₁₀H₈
• Molecular weight: 128.1705
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H8/c1-2-5-9-7-4-8-10(9)6-3-1/h1-8H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CUFNKYGDVFVPHO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 275-51-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Bicyclo[5.3.0]decapentaene; Cyclopentacycloheptene; Azunamic; Bicyclo(5.3.0)-1,3,5,7,9-decapentaene; Bicyclo(0.3.5)deca-1,3,5,7,9-pentaene; BICYCLO(5.3.0)-DECA-2,4,6,8,10-PENTAENE; Azusalen [as sodium sulfonate]
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  • IR Spectrum
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  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

UV/Visible spectrum

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Quitzsch, Schaffernicht, et al., 1963
Quitzsch, K.; Schaffernicht, H.; Geiseler, G., Uber ein Mikro-Metallblock-Kalorimeter, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1963, 223, 200-206. [all data]

Kovats, Gunthard, et al., 1957
Kovats, E.; Gunthard, H.; Plattner, A., Die tabellen 4 und 5 enthalten numerische fehler und lanten richtig, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1957, 40, 000. [all data]

Kovats, Gunthard, et al., 1955
Kovats, E.; Gunthard, Hs.H.; Plattner, Pl.A., Thermische eigenschaften von azulenen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1955, 38, 1912-1919. [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]

Turner, Meador, et al., 1957
Turner, R.B.; Meador, W.R.; Doering, W. vonE.; Knox, L.H.; Mayer, J.R.; Wiley, D.W., Heats of Hydrogenation III. Hydrogenation of Cyclooctatetraene and of Some Seven-membered Non-benzenoid Aromatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 4127. [all data]

Birrrell, 1935
Birrrell, K.S., Studies in the Chemistry of Azulene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 893. [all data]

Chickos, Hesse, et al., 1998
Chickos, James; Hesse, Donald; Hosseini, Sarah; Nichols, Gary; Webb, Paul, Sublimation enthalpies at 298.15K using correlation gas chromatography and differential scanning calorimetry measurements, Thermochimica Acta, 1998, 313, 2, 101-110, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00432-2 . [all data]

Bauder and Gunthard, 1962
Bauder, A.; Gunthard, H.Hs., 196. Dampfdruck von azulen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1962, 62, 1698. [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]

Meyer and Gens, 1977
Meyer, Edwin F.; Gens, Timothy H., Vapor pressure of azulene between 114 and 261.degree.C, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1977, 22, 1, 30-31, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60072a019 . [all data]

Bauder and G«65533»nthard, 1962
Bauder, A.; G«65533»nthard, Hs.H., Dampfdruck von Azulen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1962, 45, 5, 1698-1702, https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19620450536 . [all data]

Hoyer and Peperle, 1958
Hoyer, H.; Peperle, W., Z. Elektrochem., 1958, 62, 61. [all data]

Nozoe, Seto, et al., 1962
Nozoe, T.; Seto, S.; Matsumura, S.; Murase, Y., The synthesis of azulene derivatives from troponoids, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1962, 35, 7, 1179-1188. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy 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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