Diphenylmethane

• Formula: C₁₃H₁₂
• Molecular weight: 168.2344
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C13H12/c1-3-7-12(8-4-1)11-13-9-5-2-6-10-13/h1-10H,11H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CZZYITDELCSZES-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 101-81-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzene, 1,1'-methylenebis-; Methane, diphenyl-; Benzene, (phenylmethyl)-; Benzylbenzene; Ditan; Ditane; Benzene, benzyl-; Toluene, α-phenyl-; 1,1'-Dimethylenebis(benzene); NSC 4708
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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995
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Wieczorek and Kobayashi, 1980
Wieczorek, S.A.; Kobayashi, R., Vapor pressure measurements of diphenylmethane, thianaphthene, and bicyclohexyl at elevated temperatures, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1980, 25, 302. [all data]

Glaser and Ruland, 1957
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Stephenson, 1992
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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]

Verevkin, 1999
Verevkin, Sergey P., Thermochemical Properties of Diphenylalkanes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44, 2, 175-179, https://doi.org/10.1021/je980200e . [all data]

Chirico and Steele, 2005
Chirico, Robert D.; Steele, William V., Thermodynamic Properties of Diphenylmethane ^«8224», J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2005, 50, 3, 1052-1059, https://doi.org/10.1021/je050034s . [all data]

Sohda, Okazaki, et al., 1990
Sohda, M.; Okazaki, M.; Iwai, Y.; Arai, Y.; Sakoguchi, A.; Ueoka, R.; Kato, Y., Vapor pressures of cyclohexylbenzene and diphenylmethane, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1990, 22, 6, 607-608, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(90)90152-G . [all data]

Sasse, N'guimbi, et al., 1989
Sasse, K.; N'guimbi, J.; Jose, J.; Merlin, J.C., Tension de vapeur d'hydrocarbures polyaromatiques dans le domaine 10-3--10 Torr, Thermochimica Acta, 1989, 146, 53-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(89)87075-3 . [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]

Wieczorek and Kobayashi, 1981
Wieczorek, Stefan A.; Kobayashi, Riki, Vapor-pressure measurements of 1-methylnaphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, and 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene at elevated temperatures, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1981, 26, 1, 8-11, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00023a005 . [all data]

Crafts, 1915
Crafts, J.M., J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1915, 13, 105. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Chickos, Annunziata, et al., 1986
Chickos, J.S.; Annunziata, R.; Ladon, L.H.; Hyman, A.S.; Liebman, J.F., Estimating heats of sublimation of hydrocarbons. A semiempirical approach, J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 4311-4314. [all data]

Aihara, 1959
Aihara, A., Estimation of the energy of hydrogen bonds formed in crystals. I. Sublimation pressures of some organic molecular crystals and the additivity of lattice energy, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1959, 32, 1242. [all data]

Bloink, Pausacker, et al., 1951
Bloink, G.J.; Pausacker, K.H.; Jones, A.S.; Lee, W.A.; Peacocke, A.R.; Bright, Norman F.H.; Moffatt, J.S.; Wilkinson, J.H., Notes, J. Chem. Soc., 1951, 622, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9510000622 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H.Z., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. B, 1938, 39, 194. [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938, 2
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H., Uber sublimationswarmen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1938, 39, 194-208. [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]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930
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Eykman, 1889
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy 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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