[2.2]Paracyclophane

• Formula: C₁₆H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 208.2982
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H16/c1-2-14-4-3-13(1)9-10-15-5-7-16(8-6-15)12-11-14/h1-8H,9-12H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OOLUVSIJOMLOCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1633-22-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Tricyclo[8.2.2.2(4,7)]hexadeca-4,6,10,12,13,15-hexaene; Cyclobis(benzene-1,4-dimethylene); Di-p-xylylene; Di-1,4-xylylene; tricyclo[8.2.2.24,7]hexadeca-1(12),4,6,10,13,15-hexaene
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  • IR Spectrum
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

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

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

View reactions leading to C₁₆H₁₆⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Spectrum

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References

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Nishiyama, Sakiyama, et al., 1980
Nishiyama, K.; Sakiyama, N.; Seki, S.; Horita, H.; Otsubo, T.; Misumi, S., Thermochemical studies on double- and triple-layered [2.2]paracyclophanes. Estimation of molecular strain energies., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1980, 53, 869-877. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Rodgers, Westrum, et al., 1973
Rodgers, D.L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr.; Andrews, J.T.S., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of [2.2]-paracyclophane and triptycene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1973, 5, 733-739. [all data]

Boyd, 1966
Boyd, R.H., The heat of combustion and strain energy of 2,2-paracyclophane, Tetrahedron, 1966, 22, 119-122. [all data]

Andrews and Westrum, 1970
Andrews, J.T.S.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., The heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of crystalline and liquid triptycene, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1970, 2, 245-253. [all data]

Shieh, McNally, et al., 1969
Shieh, C.; McNally, D.; Boyd, R.H., The heats of combustion and strain energies of some cyclophanes, Tetrahedron, 1969, 3653-3665. [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]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Andrews and Westrum, 1970, 2
Andrews, John T.S.; Westrum, Edgar F., Heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of [2.2]paracyclophane. Mechanism of the 50.deg.K transition, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 10, 2170-2174, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100909a022 . [all data]

Gleiter, Eckert-Maksic, et al., 1982
Gleiter, R.; Eckert-Maksic, M.; Schafer, W.; Truesdale, E.A., Quest for a strong through bond interaction in [2.2]paracyclophane, Chem. Ber., 1982, 115, 2009. [all data]

Kovac, Mohraz, et al., 1980
Kovac, B.; Mohraz, M.; Heilbronner, E.; Boekelheide, V.; Hopf, H., Photoelectron spectra of the cyclophanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102, 4314. [all data]

Heilbronner and Maier, 1974
Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P., Consequences of substitution in the photoelectron spectra of [2,2] paracyclophanes: separation of 'through-space' and 'through-bond' interactions as a consequence of fluorosubstitution, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1974, 57, 151. [all data]

Pignataro, Mancini, et al., 1971
Pignataro, S.; Mancini, V.; Ridyard, J.N.A.; Lempka, H.J., Photoelectron energy spectra of molecules having classically non-conjugated π-systems, Chem. Commun., 1971, 142. [all data]

Zhong-zhi, Kovak, et al., 1981
Zhong-zhi, Y.; Kovak, B.; Heilbronner, E.; Eltamany, S.; Hopf, H., 192. Ionization energies of methyl-substituted [2.2] paracyclophanes, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1981, 64, 1991. [all data]

Kovac, Allan, et al., 1980
Kovac, B.; Allan, M.; Heilbronner, E.; Maier, J.P.; Gleiter, R.; Haenel, M.W.; Keehn, P.M.; Reiss, J.A., He(Iα) photoelectron spectra of [2.2]cyclophanes, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 19, 167. [all data]

Koenig, Wielesek, et al., 1975
Koenig, T.; Wielesek, R.; Snell, W.; Balle, T., Helium(I) photoelectron spectrum of p-quinodimethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 3225. [all data]

Boschi and Schmidt, 1973
Boschi, R.; Schmidt, W., Transannular π - π interaction in cyclophanes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1973, 12, 402. [all data]

Cram, Dalton, et al., 1963
Cram, D.J.; Dalton, C.K.; Knox, G.R., Macro rings. XXIX. Stereochemistry of a 1,6-cycloaddition reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1963, 85, 1088-1093. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas 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

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