Cyclooctane

• Formula: C₈H₁₆
• Molecular weight: 112.2126
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16/c1-2-4-6-8-7-5-3-1/h1-8H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WJTCGQSWYFHTAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 292-64-8
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• Other names: Octamethylene
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References

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Ott and Goates, 1983
Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria in Binary Mixtures Containing Benzene, a Cycloalkane, an n-Alkane, or Tetrachloromethane. An Equation for Representing (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 267-78. [all data]

Ewing, Levien, et al., 1970
Ewing, M.B.; Levien, B.J.; Marsh, K.N.; Stokes, R.H., Excess Enthalpies, Excess Volumes, and Excess Gibbs Free Energies for Mixtures of Cyclo-octane + Cyclopentane at 288.15, 298.15, and 308.15K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1970, 2, 689. [all data]

Burwell, Shim, et al., 1957
Burwell, R.L.; Shim, B.K.C.; Rowlinson, H.C., The Exchange between Hydrocarbons and Deuterium on Plladium Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 5142. [all data]

Cope and Bumgardner, 1956
Cope, A.C.; Bumgardner, C.L., Cyclic Polyolefins XL. cis-cis and cis-trans-1,3-Cyclooctadiene from Cycloocten-3-yldimethylamine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 2812. [all data]

Cope, Pike, et al., 1953
Cope, A.C.; Pike, R.A.; Spencer, C.F., Cyclic Polyolefins XVII. cis- and trans-Cyclooctene from N,N-Dimethylcyclooctylamine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3212. [all data]

Cope and Hochstein, 1950
Cope, A.C.; Hochstein, F.A., Cyclic Polyolefins VI. Preparation of Cyclooctatrienes from \ Cyclooctatetraene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 2515-20. [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]

Spitzer and Huffman, 1947
Spitzer, R.; Huffman, H.M., The Heat of Combustion of Cyclopentane, Cyclohexane, Cycloheptane, and Cyclooctane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 211. [all data]

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  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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