Cyclohexane (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on cyclohexane.

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Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, nD	1.4262 at 20 °C
Abbe number	?
Dielectric constant, εr	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, ΔfusH^o	2.68 kJ/mol crystal I → liquid
Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS^o	9.57 J/(mol·K) crystal I → liquid
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH^o	32 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS^o	111.80 J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH^osolid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^osolid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp	? J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of transition, ΔtrsH^o	6.7 kJ/mol at –87.0 °C crystal II → crystal I
Entropy of transition, ΔtrsS^o	36 J/(mol·K) at –87.0 °C crystal II → crystal I
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH^oliquid	–156.4 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^oliquid	204 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH^o	–3919.6 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp	156 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH^ogas	–123.1 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^ogas	298.19 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp	105.3 J/(mol K)
van der Waals' constants[4]	a = 2311 L^2 kPa/mol^2 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: ${\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}P_{mmHg}=}$${\displaystyle \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

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Benzene[6] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	% by mole benzene
	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

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/n-Hexane[6] P = 101.0 kPa
BP Temp. °C	% by mole n-hexane
	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

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Acetic acid[6] P = 101.325 kPa
BP Temp. °C	% by mole acetic acid
	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

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Ethanol[6] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	% by mole ethanol
	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

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Cyclohexane/Isopropanol[6] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	% by mole cyclohexane
	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
λmax	? 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

1. Morrison, Robert Thornton; Boyd, Robert Neilson: Organic Chemistry 2nd ed. p 288
2. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674
3. 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
4. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
5. "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
6. "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 19 May 2007.

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Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.

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