Biphenylene

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

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IFVTZJHWGZSXFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 259-79-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Cyclobutadibenzene; Diphenylene; 1,1'-Biphenylene; Dibenzocyclobutadiene
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

C₁₀H₈⁺ +  = (C₁₀H₈⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₀H₈⁺ + C₁₂H₈ = (C₁₀H₈⁺ • C₁₂H₈)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

C₁₂H₉⁺ +  = (C₁₂H₉⁺ • )

By formula: C₁₂H₉⁺ + C₁₂H₈ = (C₁₂H₉⁺ • C₁₂H₈)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Free energy of reaction

References

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Yokozeki, Wilcox, et al., 1974
Yokozeki, A.; Wilcox, C.F.; Bauer, S.H., Biphenylene. Internuclear Distances and Their Root Mean Square Amplitudes of Vibration, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 1026. [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]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H., Uber sublimationswarmen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1938, 39, 194-208. [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1980
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Dimer Cations of Polycyclic Aromatics: Experimental Bonding Energies and Resonance Stabilization, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 21, 2724, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100458a012 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  T	Temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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