1-Hexene

• Formula: C₆H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 84.1595
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12/c1-3-5-6-4-2/h3H,1,4-6H2,2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LIKMAJRDDDTEIG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 592-41-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Hexene-1; 1-n-Hexene; 1-C6H12; Butylethylene; Hexene; Hex-1-ene; UN 2370; Hexylene; Neodene 6 XHP; NSC 74121; Dialene 6
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Gas phase thermochemistry 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

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₄

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=  + 

By formula: C₆H₁₄O = C₆H₁₂ + H₂O

=  + 

By formula: C₆H₁₄O = C₆H₁₂ + H₂O

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

=

By formula: C₆H₁₂ = C₆H₁₂

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₂ + H₂O = C₆H₁₄O

C₁₂H₁₆CrO₅ (solution) +  (solution) = C₁₁H₁₂CrO₅ (solution) +  (solution)

By formula: C₁₂H₁₆CrO₅ (solution) + C₆H₁₂ (solution) = C₁₁H₁₂CrO₅ (solution) + C₇H₁₆ (solution)

 +  =

By formula: C₆H₁₂ + C₂HF₃O₂ = C₈H₁₃F₃O₂

C₁₀H₁₁ClZr (cr) +  (l) = C₁₆H₂₃ClZr (cr)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₁ClZr (cr) + C₆H₁₂ (l) = C₁₆H₂₃ClZr (cr)

IR Spectrum

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• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1330 AND 10% IN CS2 FOR 1330-400 CM^-1) VS. SOLVENT; DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

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

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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McCullough, Finke, et al., 1957
McCullough, J.P.; Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Waddington, G., Low temperature calorimetric studies of seven 1-olefins: effect of orientational disorder in the solid state, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 289-301. [all data]

Kalinowska and Woycicki, 1985
Kalinowska, B.; Woycicki, W., Heat capacities and excess heat capacities of (an alcohol + an unsaturated hydrocarbon). 1. (Propan-1-ol + n-hex-1-ene), J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1985, 17, 829-834. [all data]

McCullough, Finke, et al., 1957, 2
McCullough, J.P.; Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Messerly, J.F.; Waddington, G., Low temperature calorimetric studies of seven 1-olefins: effect of orientational disorder in the solid state, J. Phys. Chem., 1957, 61, 289. [all data]

Waddington, 1951
Waddington, G., Personal Commun., U. S. Bur. Mines, Bartlesville, OK, 1951. [all data]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1996
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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]

Camin and Rossini, 1956
Camin, D.L.; Rossini, F.D., Physical properties of the 17 isomeric hexenes of the API research series, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 1446. [all data]

Camin and Rossini, 1956, 2
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Diogo, Simoni, et al., 1993
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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