Cyclohexane (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on cyclohexane.

Material Safety Data Sheet

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Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, n_D	1.4262 at 20 °C
Abbe number	?
Dielectric constant, ε_r	2.023 ε₀ at 20 °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length^[1]	230 pm H–C
Bond angle	109.5° H–C–H 109.5 °C–C–C 109.5° H–C–C
Magnetic susceptibility	?
Surface tension	27 dyn/cm at 10 °C 25.3 dyn/cm at 20 °C 15.7 dyn/cm at 80 °C
Viscosity^[2]	1.03 mPa·s at 17 °C 0.93 mPa·s at 22 °C 0.86 mPa·s at 27 °C 0.75 mPa·s at 35 °C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point	279.48 K (6.33 °C), 5.388 kPa^[3]
Critical point	554 K (281 °C), 4070 kPa
Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ_fusH^o	2.68 kJ/mol crystal I → liquid
Std entropy change of fusion, Δ_fusS^o	9.57 J/(mol·K) crystal I → liquid
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, Δ_vapH^o	32 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, Δ_vapS^o	111.80 J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_solid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_solid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	? J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of transition, Δ_trsH^o	6.7 kJ/mol at –87.0 °C crystal II → crystal I
Entropy of transition, Δ_trsS^o	36 J/(mol·K) at –87.0 °C crystal II → crystal I
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_liquid	–156.4 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_liquid	204 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, Δ_cH^o	–3919.6 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, c_p	156 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_gas	–123.1 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_gas	298.19 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	105.3 J/(mol K)
van der Waals' constants^[4]	a = 2311 L² kPa/mol² b = 0.1424 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg		1	10	40	100	400	760	1520	3800	7600	15200	30400	45600
T in °C		–45.3_(s)	–15.9_(s)	6.7	25.5	60.8	80.7	106.0	146.4	184.0	228.4	—	—

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed. The "(s)" annotation indicates equilibrium temperature of vapor over solid. Otherwise value is equilibrium temperature of vapor over liquid.

log₁₀ of Cyclohexane vapor pressure. Uses formula:

\scriptstyle \log _{e}P_{{mmHg}}=

\scriptstyle \log _{e}({\frac {760}{101.325}})-9.200978\log _{e}(T+273.15)-{\frac {6354.898}{T+273.15}}+75.65058+7.374814\times 10^{-06}(T+273.15)^{2}

obtained from CHERIC^[5]

Distillation data

BP Temp. °C	% by mole benzene
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Benzene^[6] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
79.5	10.1	13.1
78.9	17.1	21.1
78.4	25.6	29.3
77.8	34.3	37.6
77.5	42.8	44.5
77.4	52.5	52.9
77.4	57.1	56.4
77.6	66.5	64.5
77.9	75.9	72.8
78.2	81.0	77.7
78.6	86.3	83.4
79.3	94.5	92.6

BP Temp. °C	% by mole n-hexane
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/n-Hexane^[6] P = 101.0 kPa
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
80.60	0.00	0.00
78.87	7.9	12.12
78.15	12.50	18.30
77.36	18.06	25.19
76.85	21.65	29.30
76.29	25.92	34.13
75.85	29.39	37.92
75.29	33.52	42.38
75.29	37.86	46.93
74.23	41.63	50.71
73.58	46.72	55.63
73.11	50.66	59.21
72.26	59.26	67.28
71.11	69.43	76.07
70.45	76.18	81.40
69.05	90.70	93.13
68.64	100.00	100.00

BP Temp. °C	% by mole acetic acid
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Acetic acid^[6] P = 101.325 kPa
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
79.60	2.75	6.31
79.32	5.20	9.85
78.84	101.2	15.01
78.53	14.06	18.04
78.50	21.39	21.98
78.81	35.30	26.20
79.13	49.30	29.00
79.33	56.10	30.00
81.44	74.60	33.50
81.66	75.80	34.20
85.18	86.70	40.00
90.52	92.50	49.20
91.90	93.20	51.70
95.52	94.57	57.82
98.94	95.96	63.33
105.75	97.84	75.69
113.16	99.33	90.67

BP Temp. °C	% by mole ethanol
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Ethanol^[6] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
73.99	2.0	17.5
69.08	3.0	30.2
66.94	6.5	35.8
66.08	8.1	36.3
66.37	8.6	36.5
65.59	12.5	38.8
65.23	15.1	39.6
65.12	20.6	40.8
64.93	25.8	41.5
64.87	28.3	41.8
64.84	31.5	42.6
64.78	36.6	43.0
64.77	40.3	43.1
64.77	43.1	43.1
64.78	44.4	43.8
64.81	50.0	44.3
64.88	55.7	45.5
65.01	61.3	46.0
64.99	62.1	45.8
65.25	67.8	47.5
65.56	73.8	50.5
66.03	76.3	49.6
65.93	77.6	51.5
66.40	78.1	49.8
66.90	80.9	54.5
67.26	83.3	57.8
67.98	85.3	59.5
68.86	88.1	62.3
69.44	89.8	65.3
70.11	90.9	67.8
71.42	92.9	72.5
72.48	95.1	77.8

BP Temp. °C	% by mole cyclohexane
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Isopropanol^[6] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
78.71	2.7	11.2
76.91	7.0	21.8
74.96	11.6	28.3
74.80	12.0	27.6
72.28	19.1	37.1
70.19	30.6	48.9
69.35	47.3	55.5
69.20	51.6	57.0
69.14	51.6	57.2
69.11	51.8	56.8
68.80	52.8	58.3
69.01	53.8	58.2
69.08	57.1	58.2
69.10	70.8	62.7
69.42	74.2	64.9
69.45	78.4	66.0
69.66	80.7	67.3
70.11	86.2	69.7
70.31	87.3	70.9
71.50	92.1	77.3
74.74	97.8	85.0
76.73	99.5	89.3

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λ_max	? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε	?
IR
Major absorption bands	1055–1000 cm⁻¹
NMR
Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of main fragments

References

↑ Morrison, Robert Thornton; Boyd, Robert Neilson: Organic Chemistry 2nd ed. p 288
↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674
↑ Fink H.L.: The Heat Capacity and Entropy. Heats of Transition, Fusion and Vaporization and the Vapor Pressures of Cyclohexane. The Vibrational Frequencies of Alicyclic Ring Systems. J.Am.Chem.Soc. 65 (1943) 1135-1139
↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
↑ "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
1 2 3 4 5 "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 19 May 2007.

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