Chemical Property of (E,E)-1,3,5,7-Octatetraene
Chemical Property:
- Vapor Pressure:5.44mmHg at 25°C
- Melting Point:50°C
- Refractive Index:1.4770 (estimate)
- Boiling Point:148.1°C at 760 mmHg
- Flash Point:24.8°C
- PSA:0.00000
- Density:0.769g/cm3
- LogP:2.47080
- XLogP3:3.1
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:0
- Rotatable Bond Count:3
- Exact Mass:106.078250319
- Heavy Atom Count:8
- Complexity:100
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SDS file from LookChem
Useful:
- Canonical SMILES:C=CC=CC=CC=C
- Isomeric SMILES:C=C/C=C/C=C/C=C
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General Description
1,3,5,7-Octatetraene, also known as Octatetraene(6CI), is an unsubstituted linear polyene that exhibits distinct electronic energy levels, including a characteristic gap between the strongly allowed absorption (1Ag → 1Bu) and fluorescence origin (1Ag* → 1Ag). The 1Bu-1Ag* energy gap for 1,3,5,7-octatetraene is measured at 6380 cm-1, reflecting its electronic structure and sensitivity to substitution effects, as observed in comparisons with methyl-substituted polyenes. These findings align with theoretical models of polyene electronic states.