Cyclohexane, 1,4-dimethyl-, cis-

Formula: C₈H₁₆
Molecular weight: 112.2126
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16/c1-7-3-5-8(2)6-4-7/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3/t7-,8+
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QRMPKOFEUHIBNM-OCAPTIKFSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 624-29-3
Chemical structure:
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Other names: cis-1,4-Dimethylcyclohexane; 1,cis-4-Dimethylcyclohexane; 1,4-Dimethylcyclohexane, cis-; Cyclohexane, cis-1,4-dimethyl-; 1,4(cis)-dimethylcyclohexane
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
S°_gas	370.87	J/mol*K	N/A	Huffman H.M., 1949

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

C_p,gas (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
39.75	50.	Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997	p=1 bar. There is an appreciable difference, mainly at high temperatures, with values estimated earlier by a method of increments [ Beckett C.W., 1947].
65.27	100.
85.65	150.
104.9	200.
140.1	273.15
153.8	298.15
154.8	300.
210.7	400.
261.1	500.
303.3	600.
338.5	700.
368.2	800.
393.4	900.
414.9	1000.
433.4	1100.
449.3	1200.
463.0	1300.
474.7	1400.
484.9	1500.
504.9	1750.
519.3	2000.
529.8	2250.
537.6	2500.
543.6	2750.
548.2	3000.

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_cH°_liquid	-5219.1 ± 1.7	kJ/mol	Ccb	Johnson, Prosen, et al., 1947	Corresponding Δ_fHº_liquid = -215.6 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
S°_liquid	271.12	J/mol*K	N/A	Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949	DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

C_p,liquid (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
212.09	298.15	Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949	T = 12 to 310 K.; DH

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_boil	397. ± 2.	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 17 out of 18 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_fus	186.5	K	N/A	Boord, Henne, et al., 1949	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
T_fus	185.72	K	N/A	Streiff, Murphy, et al., 1947	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 K; TRC
T_fus	185.46	K	N/A	Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1946	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
T_fus	185.42	K	N/A	Forziati, Glasgow, et al., 1946	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
T_fus	186.45	K	N/A	Anonymous, 1941	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.7 K; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
T_triple	185.73	K	N/A	Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949, 2	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
T_triple	185.720	K	N/A	Huffman, 1946	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
T_triple	195.730	K	N/A	Huffman, 1946	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_vapH°	39.07	kJ/mol	N/A	Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Δ_vapH°	39.	kJ/mol	N/A	Kusano and Saito, 1975	AC
Δ_vapH°	3900.	kJ/mol	N/A	Reid, 1972	AC
Δ_vapH°	39.0 ± 0.1	kJ/mol	C	Osborne and Ginnings, 1947	AC
Δ_vapH°	39.02	kJ/mol	C	Osborne and Ginnings, 1947, 2	ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
33.28	397.5	N/A	Majer and Svoboda, 1985
37.6	332.	A,MM	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 317. to 400. K. See also Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

Δ_fusH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
9.3069	185.73	Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949	DH
9.29	185.7	Domalski and Hearing, 1996	AC

Entropy of fusion

Δ_fusS (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
50.11	185.73	Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949	DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Cyclohexane, 1,4-dimethyl-, cis- =

By formula: C₈H₁₆ = C₈H₁₆

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	7.5 ± 0.4	kJ/mol	Eqk	Mann, 1968	gas phase; At 593K

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV)	Method	Reference
≤9.93 ± 0.05	EI	Herzschuh and Sicker, 1981

Appearance energy determinations

Ion	AE (eV)	Other Products	Method	Reference	Comment
C₆H₁₁⁺	11.16 ± 0.05	C₂H₅	EI	Herzschuh and Sicker, 1981
C₇H₁₃⁺	10.78 ± 0.05	CH₃	EI	Herzschuh and Sicker, 1981

References

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Huffman H.M., 1949
Huffman H.M., Low-temperature thermal data on eight C8H16 alkylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 584-592. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Beckett C.W., 1947
Beckett C.W., The thermodynamic properties and molecular structure of cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, ethylcyclohexane, and seven dimethylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 2488-2495. [all data]

Johnson, Prosen, et al., 1947
Johnson, W.H.; Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and isomerization of the eight C₈H₁₆ alkylcyclohexanes, J. Res. NBS, 1947, 39, 49-52. [all data]

Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949
Huffman, H.M.; Todd, S.S.; Oliver, G.D., Low temperature thermal data on eight C₈H₁₆ alkylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 584-592. [all data]

Boord, Henne, et al., 1949
Boord, C.E.; Henne, A.L.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L.; Derfer, J.M., The Grignard Reagent in hydrocarbon synthesis, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 609. [all data]

Streiff, Murphy, et al., 1947
Streiff, A.J.; Murphy, E.T.; Cahill, J.C.; Flanagan, H.F.; Sedlak, V.A.; Willingham, C.B.; Rossini, F.D., Purification, Purity, and Freezing Points of 8 Nonanes, 11 Alkyl- cyclopentanes, 6 Alkylcyclohexanes, and 4 Butylbenzenes of the API-NBS Series, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1947, 38, 53. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1946
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Weight, Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Eighth Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., June 30, 1946. [all data]

Forziati, Glasgow, et al., 1946
Forziati, A.F.; Glasgow, A.R.; Willingham, C.B.; Rossini, F.D., Specification adn Properties of 29 Paraffin, 4 Alkylcyclopentanes, 10 Alkylcyclohexanes and 8 Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1946, 36, 129. [all data]

Anonymous, 1941
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Hydrocarbon Res. Proj., Third Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., Aug. 31, 1941. [all data]

Huffman, Todd, et al., 1949, 2
Huffman, H.M.; Todd, S.S.; Oliver, G.D., Low Temperature Thermal Data on Eight C8H16 Alkylcyclohexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 584. [all data]

Huffman, 1946
Huffman, H.M., Personal Commun., U. S. Bur. Mines, Bartlesville, OK, 1946. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Kusano and Saito, 1975
Kusano, K.; Saito, Y., , Preprints 33rd Ann. Meeting Chem. Soc. Japan, Japan, 1975, 123. [all data]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Osborne and Ginnings, 1947
Osborne, Nathan S.; Ginnings, Defoe C., Measurements of heat of vaporization and heat capacity of a number of hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1947, 39, 5, 453-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.039.031 . [all data]

Osborne and Ginnings, 1947, 2
Osborne, N.S.; Ginnings, D.C., Measurements of heat of vaporization and heat capacity of a number of hydrocarbons, J. Res. NBS, 1947, 39, 453-477. [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]

Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945
Willingham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of some paraffin, alkylcyclopentane, alkylcyclohexane, and alkylbenzene hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1945, 35, 3, 219-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009 . [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]

Mann, 1968
Mann, G., Conformation and physical data of alkanes and cyclanes. IV. Conformation energy of gauche-anticonformers, Tetrahedron, 1968, 24, 6495-65. [all data]

Herzschuh and Sicker, 1981
Herzschuh, R.; Sicker, A., Stereochemische einflusse auf die ionisations- und auftrittsenergien cis/trans-isomerer dimethylcycloalkane, Z. Chem., 1981, 21, 409. [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

AE	Appearance energy
C_p,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
C_p,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
S°_gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
S°_liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
T_boil	Boiling point
T_fus	Fusion (melting) point
T_triple	Triple point temperature
Δ_cH°_liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
Δ_fusH	Enthalpy of fusion
Δ_fusS	Entropy of fusion
Δ_rH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_vapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
Δ_vapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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