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Cyclohexene














Cyclohexene
FormulaC6H10
Molecular Mass 82.15 g/mol
Boiling Point 83 °C
Freezing Point -104 °C
Density 0.811 g/cm3
CAS Number 110-83-8
SMILES C1CCCC=C1


Cyclohexene is a colorless clear Liquid Cycloalkene with an intense aversive characteristic sharp smell reminiscent of an Oil Refinery .

It is not stable upon long term storage with exposure to light and air and should be Distilled before use to eliminate Peroxides . A common experiment among beginning Organic Chemistry students is the Acid Catalyzed Dehydration of Cyclohexanol with distillative removal of the resulting cyclohexene from the reaction mixture.

Refractive Index: 1.4465

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