Naphthalene

Formula: C₁₀H₈
Molecular weight: 128.1705
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H8/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h1-8H
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UFWIBTONFRDIAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 91-20-3
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Isotopologues:
- Naphthalene-D8
Other names: Albocarbon; Dezodorator; Moth flakes; Naphthalin; Naphthaline; Naphthene; Tar camphor; White tar; Camphor tar; Moth balls; Naftalen; NCI-C52904; Mighty 150; Mighty RD1; Rcra waste number U165; UN 1334; UN 2304; NSC 37565
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Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Δ_cH°_solid (kJ/mol)	Method	Reference	Comment
-5150.09	Ccb	Balcan, Arzik, et al., 1996	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 71.67 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5153.9 ± 5.1	Ccb	Holdiness, 1983	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 75.48 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5165.5 ± 0.78	Ccr	Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 87.1 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5156.4 ± 0.6	Ccb	Ammar, El Sayed, et al., 1977	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 78.0 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5156.15 ± 0.92	Ccb	Coleman and Pilcher, 1966	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 77.74 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5147.2 ± 3.1	Ccb	Mackle and O'Hare, 1963	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 68.74 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5156.9 ± 1.6	Ccb	Speros and Rossini, 1960	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 78.53 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5143.18	Ccb	Bender and Farber, 1952	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 64.77 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5160.80	Ccb	Matsui and Abe, 1939	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 82.38 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5141.61	Ccb	Badoche, 1937	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 63.19 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5147.4 ± 1.5	Ccb	Huffman and Ellis, 1935	Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -5145.57 kJ/mol; Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 68.99 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5156.82	Ccb	Milone and Rossignoli, 1932	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 78.41 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5152.72	Ccb	Burriel, 1931	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 74.31 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5151.2 ± 0.2	Ccb	Keffler, 1931	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 72.76 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5151.9 ± 0.2	Ccb	Keffler and Guthrie, 1927	crystal phase; Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 73.51 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5179.8	Ccb	Barker, 1925	Author was aware that data differs from previously reported values; Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 101. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5166.8 ± 0.13	Ccb	Wrede, 1911	Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 88.4 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-5182.7	Ccb	Fischer and Wrede, 1904	Heat of combustion corrected for pressure; Corresponding Δ_fHº_solid = 104. kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

References

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Balcan, Arzik, et al., 1996
Balcan, M.; Arzik, S.; Altunata, T., The determination of the heats of combustion and the resonance energies of some substituted naphthalenes, Thermochim. Acta, 1996, 278, 49-56. [all data]

Holdiness, 1983
Holdiness, M.R., Heats of atomization and resonance energy of some ortho-substituted benzoic acids, Thermochim. Acta, 1983, 71, 257-263. [all data]

Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983
Metzger, R.M.; Kuo, C.S.; Arafat, E.S., A semi-micro rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 841-851. [all data]

Ammar, El Sayed, et al., 1977
Ammar, M.M.; El Sayed, N.; Morsi, S.E.; El Azmirly, A., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of p-tertiary butyl phenol and naphthalene, Egypt. J. Phys., 1977, 8, 111-118. [all data]

Coleman and Pilcher, 1966
Coleman, D.J.; Pilcher, G., Heats of combustion of biphenyl, bibenzyl, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 821-827. [all data]

Mackle and O'Hare, 1963
Mackle, H.; O'Hare, P.A.G., A high-precision aneroid semi-micro combustion calorimeter, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2693-2701. [all data]

Speros and Rossini, 1960
Speros, D.M.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation of naphthalene, the two methylnaphthalenes, cis and trans decahydronaphthalene and related compounds, J. Phys. Chem., 1960, 64, 1723-1727. [all data]

Bender and Farber, 1952
Bender, P.; Farber, J., The heats of combustion of anthracene transannular peroxide and dianthracene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 1450-1452. [all data]

Matsui and Abe, 1939
Matsui, M.; Abe, T., Arbeitsweise eines adiabatischen calormeters, Bull. Tokyo Univ. Eng., 1939, 8, 339. [all data]

Badoche, 1937
Badoche, M., Determinations de la chaleur de combustion de quelques derives nitres du naphtalene, Bull. Soc. Chim. France, 1937, 4, 549-557. [all data]

Huffman and Ellis, 1935
Huffman, H.M.; Ellis, E.L., Thermal Data. II. The heats of combustion of l-cysteine, of l-cystine, β-thiolactic acid and β,β'-dithiodilactic acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 41-46. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Milone and Rossignoli, 1932
Milone, M.; Rossignoli, P., Sul calore di combustione di alcune miscele di composti organici, Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1932, 62, 644-655. [all data]

Burriel, 1931
Burriel, F., 7. Estudio fisico-quimico de algunos compuestos organicos solidos a la temperatura ordinaria, que se proponen como patrones de temperatura, An. R. Soc. Esp. Fis. Quim., 1931, 29, 89-125. [all data]

Keffler, 1931
Keffler, L.J.P., Recherches calorimetriques sur les substances etalons, J. Chim. Phys., 1931, 28, 457-469. [all data]

Keffler and Guthrie, 1927
Keffler, L.J.P.; Guthrie, F.C., Investigation on the heats of combustion of proposed secondary standard substances and on position and optical isomers, J. Phys. Chem., 1927, 31, 58-67. [all data]

Barker, 1925
Barker, M.F., Calorific value and constitution, J. Phys. Chem., 1925, 29, 1345-1363. [all data]

Wrede, 1911
Wrede, F., Uber die Bestimmung von Berbrennungswarmen mittels der kalorimetrischen Bombe unter Benutzung des Platinwiderstandsthermometers, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1911, 81-94. [all data]

Fischer and Wrede, 1904
Fischer, E.; Wrede, F., Uber die Verbrennungswarme einiger organischer Verbindungen, Sitzungsber. Dtsch. Akad. Wiss. Berlin Kl. Math. Phys. Tech., 1904, 687-715. [all data]

Notes

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Δ_cH°_solid Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
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