Ethylbenzene

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

C8H9- + Hydrogen cation = Ethylbenzene

By formula: C8H9- + H+ = C8H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr406.0 ± 4.6kcal/molCIDTGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase; From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr397.7 ± 4.7kcal/molH-TSGraul and Squires, 1990gas phase; From decarboxylation threshold. Stable form probably the spiro[2.5]octadienide Maas and van Keelen, 1989; B

C8H9- + Hydrogen cation = Ethylbenzene

By formula: C8H9- + H+ = C8H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr379.7 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr373.3 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

2Hydrogen + Phenylethyne = Ethylbenzene

By formula: 2H2 + C8H6 = C8H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-66.12 ± 0.06kcal/molChydDavis, Allinger, et al., 1985liquid phase; solvent: Hexane; ALS
Δr-64.7 ± 0.9kcal/molChydRogers and McLafferty, 1971liquid phase; solvent: Hydrocarbon; ALS
Δr-70.7 ± 1.0kcal/molChydFlitcroft and Skinner, 1958liquid phase; ALS

Nitric oxide anion + Ethylbenzene = (Nitric oxide anion • Ethylbenzene)

By formula: NO- + C8H10 = (NO- • C8H10)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr44.5kcal/molICRReents and Freiser, 1981gas phase; switching reaction,Thermochemical ladder(NO+)C2H5OH, Entropy change calculated or estimated; Farid and McMahon, 1978; M

Ethylbenzene + 3Hydrogen = Cyclohexane, ethyl-

By formula: C8H10 + 3H2 = C8H16

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-48.18 ± 0.10kcal/molChydDolliver, Gresham, et al., 1937gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -48.9 ± 0.1 kcal/mol; At 355 °K; ALS

Chlorine anion + Ethylbenzene = (Chlorine anion • Ethylbenzene)

By formula: Cl- + C8H10 = (Cl- • C8H10)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr5.00kcal/molTDEqFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
5.0300.PHPMSFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; M

Ethylbenzene + Benzene, bromo- = C8H9Br + Benzene

By formula: C8H10 + C6H5Br = C8H9Br + C6H6

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-0.14 ± 0.0050kcal/molCmMerdzhanov, Alenin, et al., 1982gas phase; Heat of isomerization at 349 K; ALS

Styrene + Hydrogen = Ethylbenzene

By formula: C8H8 + H2 = C8H10

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-28.01 ± 0.41kcal/molChydAbboud, Jimenez, et al., 1995liquid phase; solvent: Hydrocarbon; Like gas phase; ALS

Ethylbenzene = Styrene + Hydrogen

By formula: C8H10 = C8H8 + H2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr29.840kcal/molEqkGhosh, Ram Das Guha, et al., 1945gas phase; ALS

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.

Graul and Squires, 1990
Graul, S.T.; Squires, R.R., Gas-Phase Acidities Derived from Threshold Energies for Activated Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7, 2517, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00163a007 . [all data]

Maas and van Keelen, 1989
Maas, W.P.M.; van Keelen, P.A., On the Generation and Characterization of the Spiro[2,5]Octadienyl Anion in the Gas Phase, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1989, 24, 8, 546, https://doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210240807 . [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Davis, Allinger, et al., 1985
Davis, H.E.; Allinger, N.L.; Rogers, D.W., Enthalpies of hydrogenation of phenylalkynes: indirect determination of the enthalpy of formation of diphenylcyclopropenone, J. Org. Chem., 1985, 50, 3601-3604. [all data]

Rogers and McLafferty, 1971
Rogers, D.W.; McLafferty, F.J., A new hydrogen calorimeter. Heats of hydrogenation of allyl and vinyl unsaturation adjacent to a ring, Tetrahedron, 1971, 27, 3765-3775. [all data]

Flitcroft and Skinner, 1958
Flitcroft, T.L.; Skinner, H.A., Heats of hydrogenation Part 2.-Acetylene derivatives, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1958, 54, 47-53. [all data]

Reents and Freiser, 1981
Reents, W.D.; Freiser, B.S., Gas-Phase Binding Energies and Spectroscopic Properties of NO+ Charge-Transfer Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 2791. [all data]

Farid and McMahon, 1978
Farid, R.; McMahon, T.B., Gas-Phase Ion-Molecule Reactions of Alkyl Nitrites by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 27, 2, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7381(78)80037-0 . [all data]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1937
Dolliver, M.a.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. V. Heats of hydrogenation of various hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 831-841. [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]

French, Ikuta, et al., 1982
French, M.A.; Ikuta, S.; Kebarle, P., Hydrogen bonding of O-H and C-H hydrogen donors to Cl-. Results from mass spectrometric measurement of the ion-molecule equilibria RH + Cl- = RHCl-, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 1907. [all data]

Merdzhanov, Alenin, et al., 1982
Merdzhanov, V.R.; Alenin, V.I.; Nesterova, T.N.; Rozhnov, A.M., Study of equilibrium transformation of ethylbromobenzenes, Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1982, 25, 1047-1049. [all data]

Abboud, Jimenez, et al., 1995
Abboud, J.-L.M.; Jimenez, P.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C.; Lopez-Mardomingo, C.; Podosenin, A.; Rogers, D.W.; Liebman, J.F., Interrelations of the energetics of amides and alkenes: enthalpies of formation of N,N-dimethyl dertivatives of pivalamide, 1-adamantylcarboxamide and benzamide, and of styrene and its a-, trans-β- and β,β-methylated derivates, J. Phys. Org. Chem., 1995, 8, 15-25. [all data]

Ghosh, Ram Das Guha, et al., 1945
Ghosh, J.C.; Ram Das Guha, S.; Roy, A.N., Chemical equilibrium in styrene formation from ethyl-benzene at low pressures, Curr. Sci., 1945, 14, 269. [all data]


Notes

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