Benzene, hexamethyl-
- Formula: C12H18
- Molecular weight: 162.2713
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YUWFEBAXEOLKSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 87-85-4
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Hexamethylbenzene; Mellitene; 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexamethylbenzene
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔfH°liquid | -33.94 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Oth, 1968 | ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔcH°liquid | -1705.2 ± 1.7 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Banse and Parks, 1933 | Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1703.88 kcal/mol; Corresponding ΔfHºliquid = -38.25 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔfH°solid | -38.81 ± 0.60 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1989 | see Boned, Colomina, et al., 1964; ALS |
ΔfH°solid | -39.03 ± 0.73 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Parks, West, et al., 1946 | Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -39.19 ± 0.02 kcal/mol; ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔcH°solid | -1704.6 ± 0.45 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1989 | see Boned, Colomina, et al., 1964; Corresponding ΔfHºsolid = -38.81 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS |
ΔcH°solid | -1700.1 ± 1.3 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Holdiness, 1984 | Hf NR; Corresponding ΔfHºsolid = -43.3 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS |
ΔcH°solid | -1704.42 ± 0.72 | kcal/mol | Ccb | Parks, West, et al., 1946 | Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1704.29 ± 0.68 kcal/mol; Corresponding ΔfHºsolid = -39.03 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
S°solid,1 bar | 72.373 | cal/mol*K | N/A | Atake, Gyoten, et al., 1982 | DH |
S°solid,1 bar | 73.210 | cal/mol*K | N/A | Frankosky and Aston, 1965 | crystaline, I phase; DH |
S°solid,1 bar | 74.00 | cal/mol*K | N/A | Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930 | crystaline, I phase; Extrapolation below 90 K, 82.38 J/mol*K.; DH |
Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
88.60 | 455. | Kurbatov, 1947 | T = 183 to 256°C, mean Cp, two temperatures.; DH |
Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
58.17 | 298.15 | Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1989 | DH |
60.256 | 300. | Atake, Gyoten, et al., 1982 | T = 3 to 300 K.; DH |
58.709 | 298.15 | Frankosky and Aston, 1965 | crystaline, I phase; T = 13 to 340 K.; DH |
61.21 | 293.81 | Momotani, Suga, et al., 1956 | T = 273 to 443 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH |
61.78 | 303. | Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932 | crystaline, II phase; T = 30 to 200°C.; DH |
60.90 | 294.6 | Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930 | crystaline, I phase; T = 85 to 294 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH |
Phase change data
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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.
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tboil | 538.2 | K | N/A | Weast and Grasselli, 1989 | BS |
Tboil | 536.85 | K | N/A | Cooper, Crowne, et al., 1967 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tfus | 438. ± 3. | K | AVG | N/A | Average of 13 values; Individual data points |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
Tc | 758. ± 1. | K | N/A | Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 | |
Tc | 758. | K | N/A | Ambrose, Broderick, et al., 1974 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
Tc | 751.15 | K | N/A | Guye and Mallet, 1902 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 10. K; crit. temp. greater than this - sample decomposes at this T; TRC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔvapH° | 16.4 | kcal/mol | CGC | Zhao, Unhannanant, et al., 2008 | AC |
Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
ΔsubH° | 20. ± 2. | kcal/mol | AVG | N/A | Average of 7 values; Individual data points |
Enthalpy of vaporization
ΔvapH (kcal/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
13.6 | 458. | A | Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987 | Based on data from 443. to 537. K.; AC |
Enthalpy of sublimation
ΔsubH (kcal/mol) | Temperature (K) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
20.4 | 320. | A | Ambrose, Lawrenson, et al., 1976 | Based on data from 303. to 338. K.; AC |
19.9 | 329. | A | Overberger, Steele, et al., 1969 | Based on data from 314. to 364. K.; AC |
Enthalpy of fusion
ΔfusH (kcal/mol) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
4.931 | 438.7 | Domalski and Hearing, 1996 | See also Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1931.; AC |
Entropy of fusion
ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
1.09 | 383.7 | Domalski and Hearing, 1996 | CAL |
11.24 | 438.7 |
Temperature of phase transition
Ttrs (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
382. | crystaline, III | crystaline, I | Fujiwara, Inaba, et al., 1992 | DH |
439. | crystaline, I | liquid | Fujiwara, Inaba, et al., 1992 | DH |
Enthalpy of phase transition
ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) | Temperature (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.2629 | 117.5 | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Fujiwara, Inaba, et al., 1992 | From Atake, Gyoten, et al., 1982; DH |
0.3585 | 384.0 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Petropavlov, Tsygankova, et al., 1988 | DH |
0.2636 | 115.5 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Yoshimoto, Fujiwara, et al., 1985 | DH |
0.237 | 117.5 | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Atake, Gyoten, et al., 1982 | First order transition.; DH |
0.26969 | 116.48 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Frankosky and Aston, 1965 | Entropy obtained as difference of integral of observed Cp over range 115 to 128 K, and integral of extrapolated Cp data.; DH |
0.4400 | 383.55 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Momotani, Suga, et al., 1956 | DH |
4.9199 | 438.35 | crystaline, I | liquid | Momotani, Suga, et al., 1956 | DH |
0.4221 | 383.7 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932 | DH |
4.9331 | 438.7 | crystaline, I | liquid | Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932 | DH |
0.2431 | 108. | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930 | DH |
0.0370 | 151. | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930 | DH |
Entropy of phase transition
ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Initial Phase | Final Phase | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.2 | 117.5 | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Fujiwara, Inaba, et al., 1992 | From; DH |
0.93 | 384.0 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Petropavlov, Tsygankova, et al., 1988 | DH |
2.28 | 115.5 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Yoshimoto, Fujiwara, et al., 1985 | DH |
2.0 | 117.5 | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Atake, Gyoten, et al., 1982 | First; DH |
2.409 | 116.48 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Frankosky and Aston, 1965 | Entropy; DH |
1.15 | 383.55 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Momotani, Suga, et al., 1956 | DH |
11.20 | 438.35 | crystaline, I | liquid | Momotani, Suga, et al., 1956 | DH |
1.10 | 383.7 | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932 | DH |
11.2 | 438.7 | crystaline, I | liquid | Spaght, Thomas, et al., 1932 | DH |
2.3 | 108. | crystaline, III | crystaline, II | Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930 | DH |
0.24 | 151. | crystaline, II | crystaline, I | Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930 | DH |
References
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Notes
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- Symbols used in this document:
Cp,liquid Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid Cp,solid Constant pressure heat capacity of solid S°solid,1 bar Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar) Tboil Boiling point Tc Critical temperature Tfus Fusion (melting) point Ttrs Temperature of phase transition ΔHtrs Enthalpy of phase transition ΔStrs Entropy of phase transition ΔcH°liquid Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions ΔcH°solid Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions ΔfH°liquid Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions ΔfH°solid Enthalpy of formation of solid 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 ΔvapH° Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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