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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  • Gas Chromatography
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  • 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

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

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

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Spectrum

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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

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Gas Chromatography

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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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]

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

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Satoh and Sogabe, 1941
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Armstrong, James, et al., 1979
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Herbert, A.J., Transition temperatures and transition energies of the p-n-alkoxy benzoic acids, from n-propyl to n-octadecyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 555, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9676300555 . [all data]

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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]

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Todua, 2011
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Jerkovic, I.; Tuberso, C.I.G.; Gugic, M.; Bubalo, D., Composition of Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) honey solvent extractives determined by GC/MS: norisoprenoids and other volatile organic compounds, Molecules, 2010, 15, 9, 6375-6385, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules15096375 . [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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