1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas297.6 ± 1.3kJ/molN/AProsen, Johnson, et al., 1950Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of 254.5±1.3 kj/mol from Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1950 and ΔvapH° value of 43.1±0.31 kj/mol from missing citation.; DRB
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas326.8 ± 1.5J/mol*KN/AScott D.W., 1949GT

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
35.8350.Dorofeeva O.V., 1986Selected values of Cp(T) are in close agreement with those calculated by [ Lippincott E.R., 1951], while the S(T) values are 1.5-2.0 J/mol*K larger than obtained by [ Lippincott E.R., 1951].; GT
50.68100.
66.51150.
83.80200.
112.48273.15
122.6 ± 3.5298.15
123.36300.
161.83400.
194.41500.
220.96600.
242.65700.
260.63800.
275.70900.
288.441000.
299.291100.
308.551200.
316.501300.
323.341400.
329.261500.

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
Δfliquid254.5 ± 1.3kJ/molCmProsen, Johnson, et al., 1950ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-4539. ± 3.kJ/molCcbSpringall, White, et al., 1954Corresponding Δfliquid = 248. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-4545.92 ± 0.92kJ/molCmProsen, Johnson, et al., 1950Corresponding Δfliquid = 254.5 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid220.29J/mol*KN/AScott, Gross, et al., 1949DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
185.18298.15Scott, Gross, et al., 1949T = 12 to 340 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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil415.7KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil416.KN/AReppe, Schlichting, et al., 1948Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus265.0KN/ACope and Bailey, 1948Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tfus266.KN/AReppe, Schlichting, et al., 1948Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple268.48KN/AScott, Gross, et al., 1949, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap43.1 ± 0.31kJ/molVScott, Gross, et al., 1949, 3ALS
Δvap43.1kJ/molN/AScott, Gross, et al., 1949AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
43.9288.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 273. - 348. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
273. - 348.3.99581402.263-63.521Scott, Gross, et al., 1949Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
11.2742268.48Scott, Gross, et al., 1949DH
11.25268.5Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
41.493268.48Scott, Gross, et al., 1949DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C8H7- + Hydrogen cation = 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene

By formula: C8H7- + H+ = C8H8

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1601. ± 12.kJ/molG+TSKato, Lee, et al., 1997gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1568. ± 10.kJ/molIMREKato, Lee, et al., 1997gas phase; B

4Hydrogen + 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene = Cyclooctane

By formula: 4H2 + C8H8 = C8H16

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-409.9 ± 0.2kJ/molChydTurner, Meador, et al., 1957liquid phase; solvent: Acetic acid; ALS

1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene = Styrene

By formula: C8H8 = C8H8

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-143.7 ± 1.4kJ/molCisoProsen, Johnson, et al., 1947liquid phase; ALS

1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene = Bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene

By formula: C8H8 = c8H8

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr23. ± 3.kJ/molEqkSquillacote and Bergman, 1986gas phase; ALS

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1950
Prosen, E.J.; Johnson, W.H.; Rossini, F.D., Heat of combustion and formation of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and its heat of isomerization of styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 626-629. [all data]

Scott D.W., 1949
Scott D.W., Cyclooctatetraene: low-temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure, and entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1634-1636. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1986
Dorofeeva O.V., Thermodynamic properties of twenty-one monocyclic hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1986, 15, 437-464. [all data]

Lippincott E.R., 1951
Lippincott E.R., The thermodynamic functions of cyclooctatetraene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 3889-3891. [all data]

Springall, White, et al., 1954
Springall, H.D.; White, T.R.; Cass, R.C., Heats of combustion and molecular structure Part 1.- The resonance energy and structure of cyclo-octateraene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1954, 50, 815. [all data]

Scott, Gross, et al., 1949
Scott, D.W.; Gross, M.E.; Oliver, G.D.; Huffman, H.M., Cycloöctatetraene: low-temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure and entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1634-1636. [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]

Reppe, Schlichting, et al., 1948
Reppe, W.; Schlichting, O.; Klager, K.; Toepel, T., Cyclizing Polymerization of Acetylene I. Cyclooctatetraene, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1948, 560, 1-92. [all data]

Cope and Bailey, 1948
Cope, A.C.; Bailey, W.J., Cyclic Polyolefins II. Synthesis of Cyclooctatetraene from Chloroprene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 2305. [all data]

Scott, Gross, et al., 1949, 2
Scott, D.W.; Gross, M.E.; Oliver, G.D.; Huffman, H.M., Cyclooctatetraene: low-temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure and entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1634. [all data]

Scott, Gross, et al., 1949, 3
Scott, D.W.; Gross, M.E.; Oliver, G.D.; Huffman, H.M., Cyclooctatetraene: Low-temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure and entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 1634-16. [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]

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]

Kato, Lee, et al., 1997
Kato, S.; Lee, H.S.; Gareyev, R.; Wenthold, P.G.; Lineberger, W.C.; DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M., Experimental and Computational Studies of the Structures and Energetics of Cyclooctatetraene and Its Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 33, 7863, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja971433d . [all data]

Turner, Meador, et al., 1957
Turner, R.B.; Meador, W.R.; Doering, W.E.; Knox, L.H.; Mayer, J.R.; Wiley, D.W., Heats of hydrogenation. III. Hydrogenation of cycllooctatetraene and of some seven-membered non-benzenoid aromatic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 4127-4133. [all data]

Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1947
Prosen, E.J.; Johnson, W.H.; Rossini, F.D., Heat of combustion and formation of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and its heat of isomerization to styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 2068-2069. [all data]

Squillacote and Bergman, 1986
Squillacote, M.E.; Bergman, A., Trapping of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene valence tautomers. Thermodynamic stability of bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4,7-triene, J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 3910-3911. [all data]


Notes

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