m-Terphenyl

• Formula: C₁₈H₁₄
• Molecular weight: 230.3038
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C18H14/c1-3-8-15(9-4-1)17-12-7-13-18(14-17)16-10-5-2-6-11-16/h1-14H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YJTKZCDBKVTVBY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 92-06-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,1':3',1''-Terphenyl; m-Diphenylbenzene; m-Triphenyl; Isodiphenylbenzene; Santowax M; 1,1'-Biphenyl, 3-phenyl-; 1,3-Terphenyl; 1,3-Diphenylbenzene; 3-Phenylbiphenyl; 3-Phenyl-1,1'-biphenyl; NSC 6808; Benzene, m-diphenyl-
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Walker, Brooks, et al., 1958
Walker, B.E., Jr.; Brooks, M.S.; Ewing, C.T.; Miller, R.R., Specific heat of biphenyl and other polyphenyls. Correlation of specific heat data for phenyl type compounds, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1958, 3, 280-282. [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]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995
Tsonopoulos, C.; Ambrose, D., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 3. Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 547-558. [all data]

Reiter, 1963
Reiter, R.W., , NASA Doc. N63-19495 1963 1963, 1963. [all data]

Mandel and Ewbank, 1960
Mandel, H.; Ewbank, N., , Atomics International NAA-S-R-5129 1960, 1960. [all data]

Puri, Chickos, et al., 2001
Puri, Swati; Chickos, James S.; Welsh, William J., Determination of Vaporization Enthalpies of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Correlation Gas Chromatography, Anal. Chem., 2001, 73, 7, 1480-1484, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac001246p . [all data]

Ribeiro da Silva, Santos, et al., 2008
Ribeiro da Silva, Manuel A.V.; Santos, Luís M.N.B.F.; Lima, Luís M. Spencer S., Standard molar enthalpies of formation and of sublimation of the terphenyl isomers, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2008, 40, 3, 375-385, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2007.08.008 . [all data]

Verevkin, 1997
Verevkin, S.P., Thermochemistry of substituted benzenes. Experimental standard molar enthalpies of formation of o-, m-, and p-terphenyls and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1997, 29, 1495-1501. [all data]

Kimura and Takagi, 1979
Kimura, Takayoshi; Takagi, Sadao, Enthalpies of solution of o-, m-, and p-terphenyls in benzene at 298.15 K, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1979, 11, 1, 47-55, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(79)90082-X . [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]

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

Kambe, Mita, et al., 1971
Kambe, H.; Mita, I.; Yokata, R., , Proceedings of the Third ICTAC, Davos Swizz, 1971, 387. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Vc	Critical volume
  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
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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