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
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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 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

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₈H₇O₃^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇O₃^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈O₃

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

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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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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]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1941
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The heat capacities of some organic compounds containing nitrogen and the atomic heat of nitrogen. (3), Sci., Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1941, 38, 238-245. [all data]

Anonymous, 1988
Anonymous, X., , NBS Spec. Publ. (U. S.) 260, 1988. [all data]

Marsh, 1987
Marsh, K.N., Recommended Reference Materials for the Realization of Physicochemical Properties, Blackwell Sci. Pub., Oxford, 1987. [all data]

Armstrong, James, et al., 1979
Armstrong, N.A.; James, K.C.; Wong, C.K., Inter-relationships between solubilities, distribution coefficients and melting points of some substituted benzoic and phenylacetic acids, J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 1979, 31, 1, 627, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1979.tb13606.x . [all data]

Herbert, 1967
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]

Perlovich, Volkova, et al., 2008
Perlovich, German L.; Volkova, Tatyana V.; Manin, Alex N.; Bauer-Brandl, Annette, Extent and mechanism of solvation and partitioning of isomers of substituted benzoic acids: A thermodynamic study in the solid state and in solution, J. Pharm. Sci., 2008, 97, 9, 3883-3896, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.21260 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Sabbah and El Watik, 1992
Sabbah, R.; El Watik, L., New reference materials for the calibration (temperature and energy) of differential thermal analysers and scanning calorimeters, J. Therm. Anal., 1992, 38(4), 855-863. [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [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]

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]

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
  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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