Benzoic acid, methyl ester

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to C8H8O2+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)9.32 ± 0.04eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)850.5kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity819.5kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
0.18ECDKuhn, Levins, et al., 1968Done at constant temperature, accuracy uncertain: Chen and Wentworth, 1989;; B

Gas basicity at 298K

Gas basicity (review) (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
814.9 ± 0.5Decouzon, Gal, et al., 1996T = 338K; MM

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.32 ± 0.03PIMcLoughlin and Traeger, 1979LLK
9.48EIElder, Beynon, et al., 1976LLK
9.28PEBehan, Johnstone, et al., 1976LLK
9.4 ± 0.1EIGilbert, Leach, et al., 1973LLK
9.49EIBenoit, 1973LLK
9.35 ± 0.03EIJohnstone and Mellon, 1972LLK
9.40 ± 0.025PEJohnstone and Mellon, 1972LLK
9.35 ± 0.06EIFoffani, Pignataro, et al., 1964RDSH
9.79PECabelli, Cowley, et al., 1982Vertical value; LBLHLM
9.5PEMeeks, Wahlborg, et al., 1981Vertical value; LLK
9.34PEBenoit and Harrison, 1977Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H5+13.9 ± 0.1OCH3+COEIBurgers and Holmes, 1982LBLHLM
C6H5+14.3 ± 0.07OCH3+COEITajima, Azami, et al., 1977LLK
C6H5+14.74CH3O+COEIBenoit, 1973LLK
C6H5+13.82OCH3+COEIJohnstone and Mellon, 1972LLK
C7H5O+10.5 ± 0.1OCH3EIBurgers and Holmes, 1982LBLHLM
C7H5O+10.43OCH3PIMcLoughlin and Traeger, 1979LLK
C7H5O+10.8 ± 0.05OCH3EITajima, Azami, et al., 1977LLK
C7H5O+10.83OCH3EIElder, Beynon, et al., 1976LLK
C7H5O+11.40OCH3EIBenoit, 1973LLK
C7H5O+10.80CH3OEIHowe and Williams, 1969RDSH

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Kuhn, Levins, et al., 1968
Kuhn, W.F.; Levins, R.J.; Lilly, A.C., Jr., Electron affinities and ionization potentials of phthalate compounds, J. Chem. Phys., 1968, 49, 5550. [all data]

Chen and Wentworth, 1989
Chen, E.C.M.; Wentworth, W.E., Experimental Determination of Electron Affinities of Organic Molecules, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1989, 171, 271. [all data]

Decouzon, Gal, et al., 1996
Decouzon, M.; Gal, J.E.; Herreros, M.; Marai, P.C.; Murrell, J.; Todd, J.F.J., On the Use of the Kinetic Method for the Determination of Proton Affinities by Fourier-Transfrom Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry, Rapid. Comm. Mass Spectrom., 1996, 10, 242. [all data]

McLoughlin and Traeger, 1979
McLoughlin, R.G.; Traeger, J.C., A photoionization study of some benzoyl compounds - thermochemistry of [C7H5O]+ formation, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1979, 14, 434. [all data]

Elder, Beynon, et al., 1976
Elder, J.F.; Beynon, J.H.; Cooks, R.G., The benzoyl ion. Thermochemistry and kinetic energy release, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1976, 11, 415. [all data]

Behan, Johnstone, et al., 1976
Behan, J.M.; Johnstone, R.A.W.; Bentley, T.W., An evaluation of empirical methods for calculating the ionization potentials of substituted benzenes, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1976, 11, 207. [all data]

Gilbert, Leach, et al., 1973
Gilbert, J.R.; Leach, W.P.; Miller, J.R., Ionisation appearance potential measurements in arene chromium tricarbonyls, J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 49, 219. [all data]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., The benzoyl cation: The participation of isolated electronic excited states in the dissociation of molecular ions of the form [C6H5COX]+, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 1407. [all data]

Johnstone and Mellon, 1972
Johnstone, R.A.W.; Mellon, F.A., Electron-impact ionization and appearance potentials, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1972, 68, 1209. [all data]

Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1964
Foffani, A.; Pignataro, S.; Cantone, B.; Grasso, F., Ionization potentials and substituent effects for aromatic carbonyl compounds, Z. Physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1964, 42, 221. [all data]

Cabelli, Cowley, et al., 1982
Cabelli, D.E.; Cowley, A.H.; Lagowski, J.J., The bonding in some bis(arene)chromium compounds as indicated by U. V. photoelectron zpectroscopy, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1982, 57, 195. [all data]

Meeks, Wahlborg, et al., 1981
Meeks, J.; Wahlborg, A.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls: Benzoic acid and its derivatives, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 43. [all data]

Benoit and Harrison, 1977
Benoit, F.M.; Harrison, A.G., Predictive value of proton affinity. Ionization energy correlations involving oxygenated molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 3980. [all data]

Burgers and Holmes, 1982
Burgers, P.C.; Holmes, J.L., Metastable ion studies. XIII. The measurement of appearance energies of metastable peaks, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1982, 17, 123. [all data]

Tajima, Azami, et al., 1977
Tajima, S.; Azami, T.; Tsuchiya, T., An investigation of the decomposition of the common intermediate ions produced by electron impact, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1977, 12, 24. [all data]

Howe and Williams, 1969
Howe, I.; Williams, D.H., Calculation and qualitative predictions of mass spectra. Mono- and paradisubstituted benzenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 7137. [all data]


Notes

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