Benzoic acid, 4-methoxy-

• Formula: C₈H₈O₃
• Molecular weight: 152.1473
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-7-4-2-6(3-5-7)8(9)10/h2-5H,1H3,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZEYHEAKUIGZSGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-09-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: p-Anisic acid; p-Methoxybenzoic acid; Draconic acid; 4-Anisic acid; 4-Methoxybenzoic acid; Anisic acid, para; Kyselina 4-methoxybenzoova
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  • UV/Visible spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₈H₇O₃^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇O₃^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈O₃

UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

Spectrum

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References

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Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1978
Colomina, M.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of benzoic acid derivatives VII. Enthalpies of combustion and formation of the o-, m-, and p-methoxy-benzoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1978, 10, 661-665. [all data]

Alcolea P.M., 1994
Alcolea P.M., Spectroscopy of p-methoxybenzoic acid: an AM1 and ab initio study, Appl. Spectrosc., 1994, 48, 27-36. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1997
Dorofeeva O.V., Unpublished results. Thermocenter of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 1997. [all data]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., Substituent effects in mass spectrometry. III. Substituent effects in the dissociation of the molecular ions of para and meta subtituted benzoic acids, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 295. [all data]

Yamdagni, McMahon, et al., 1974
Yamdagni, R.; McMahon, T.B.; Kebarle, P., Substituent Effects on the Intrinsic Acidities of Benzoic Acids Determined by Gas Phase Proton Transfer Equilibria Measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 12, 4035, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00819a063 . [all data]

Lang (editor), 1969
Lang (editor), L., Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet and Visible Region, 1969, 12, 37. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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