Benzyl alcohol

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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-22.6 ± 0.72kcal/molCcrPapina, Pimenova, et al., 1995ALS
Δfgas-24.07kcal/molN/AParks, Manchester, et al., 1954Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -161.0±1.3 kj/mol from Parks, Manchester, et al., 1954 and ΔvapH° value of 60.3 kj/mol from Papina, Pimenova, et al., 1995.; DRB
Δfgas-27.17kcal/molN/ALandrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -174.0 kj/mol from Landrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929 and ΔvapH° value of 60.3 kj/mol from Papina, Pimenova, et al., 1995.; DRB
Δfgas-25.50kcal/molN/ASchmidlin, 1906Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -167.0 kj/mol from Schmidlin, 1906 and ΔvapH° value of 60.3 kj/mol from Papina, Pimenova, et al., 1995.; DRB

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-37.02 ± 0.72kcal/molCcrPapina, Pimenova, et al., 1995ALS
Δfliquid-38.49 ± 0.30kcal/molCcbParks, Manchester, et al., 1954ALS
Δfliquid-41.7kcal/molCcbLandrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929ALS
Δfliquid-39.8kcal/molCcbSchmidlin, 1906ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-894.60 ± 0.67kcal/molCcrPapina, Pimenova, et al., 1995Corresponding Δfliquid = -37.02 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-893.15kcal/molCcbParks, Manchester, et al., 1954Corresponding Δfliquid = -38.47 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-889.9kcal/molCcbLandrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929Corresponding Δfliquid = -41.7 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-890.0kcal/molCcbBarker, 1925Author was aware that data differs from previously reported values; Corresponding Δfliquid = -41.6 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-891.8kcal/molCcbSchmidlin, 1906Corresponding Δfliquid = -39.8 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid51.79cal/mol*KN/AParks, Todd, et al., 1936Extrapolation below 90 K, 54.06 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
53.44307.5Griigo'ev, Yanin, et al., 1979T = 307 to 461 K. p = 0.98 bar.; DH
51.611298.15Nichols and Wads, 1975DH
52.070298.1Parks, Todd, et al., 1936T = 90 to 300 K.; DH
51.60298.5Smith and Andrews, 1931T = 102 to 299 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
52.70298.von Reis, 1881T = 290 to 485 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil478. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 16 out of 18 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus257. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap15. ± 1.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
366.20.013Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS
366.0.013Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
15.8318.GSGrayson and Fosbraey, 2006Based on data from 303. to 333. K.; AC
13.0400.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 385. to 573. K. See also Kkykj and Repas, 1973.; AC
14.7303.A.MEStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 293. to 313. K. See also Serpinskii, Voitkevich, et al., 1957 and Kkykj and Repas, 1973.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
395.67 to 478.564.471421738.9-89.559Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.10257.6Acree, 1991AC
2.144257.6Parks, Todd, et al., 1936DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
8.322257.6Parks, Todd, et al., 1936DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

C7H7O- + Benzyl alcohol = (C7H7O- • Benzyl alcohol)

By formula: C7H7O- + C7H8O = (C7H7O- • C7H8O)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr29.8 ± 2.5kcal/molN/ACaldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984gas phase; Reanchored to average data from Paul and Kebarle, 1990 and Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986.; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B,M
Δr23.8kcal/molPHPMSCaldwell and Kebarle, 1986gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr23.2cal/mol*KPHPMSCaldwell and Kebarle, 1986gas phase; M
Δr29.3cal/mol*KN/ACaldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984gas phase; switching reaction(CH3O-)CH3OH, Entropy change calculated or estimated; re-evaluated using Meot-Ner(Mautner), 1986 and Paul and Kebarle, 1990; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr20.7 ± 1.6kcal/molTDAsCaldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984gas phase; Reanchored to average data from Paul and Kebarle, 1990 and Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986.; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B,M

C8H5- + Benzyl alcohol = (C8H5- • Benzyl alcohol)

By formula: C8H5- + C7H8O = (C8H5- • C7H8O)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr26.6 ± 2.9kcal/molN/ACaldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984gas phase; Reanchored to average data from Paul and Kebarle, 1990 and Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986.; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B,M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr29.3cal/mol*KN/ACaldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984gas phase; switching reaction(CH3O-)CH3OH, Entropy change calculated or estimated; re-evaluated using Meot-Ner(Mautner), 1986 and Paul and Kebarle, 1990; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr17.9 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECaldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984gas phase; Reanchored to average data from Paul and Kebarle, 1990 and Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986.; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B,M

C7H7O- + Hydrogen cation = Benzyl alcohol

By formula: C7H7O- + H+ = C7H8O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr370.0 ± 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
Δr363.4 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

cyclopentadienide anion + Benzyl alcohol = (cyclopentadienide anion • Benzyl alcohol)

By formula: C5H5- + C7H8O = (C5H5- • C7H8O)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr19.2 ± 1.0kcal/molTDAsMeot-ner, 1988gas phase; B,M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr29.8cal/mol*KPHPMSMeot-ner, 1988gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr10.3 ± 1.0kcal/molTDAsMeot-ner, 1988gas phase; B

Fluorine anion + Benzyl alcohol = (Fluorine anion • Benzyl alcohol)

By formula: F- + C7H8O = (F- • C7H8O)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr32.40kcal/molN/AMihalick, Gatev, et al., 1996gas phase; affinity derived using a ROH..F. neutral binding energy of 10.3 kcal/mol.; B

Benzene, (iodomethyl)- + Water = Hydrogen iodide + Benzyl alcohol

By formula: C7H7I + H2O = HI + C7H8O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-3.00kcal/molCmGellner and Skinner, 1949liquid phase; Heat of hydrolysis; ALS

Benzene, (bromomethyl)- + Water = Hydrogen bromide + Benzyl alcohol

By formula: C7H7Br + H2O = HBr + C7H8O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-1.9kcal/molCmGellner and Skinner, 1949liquid phase; Heat of hydrloysis; ALS

Benzyl alcohol = Benzaldehyde + Hydrogen

By formula: C7H8O = C7H6O + H2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.89kcal/molEqkCubberley and Mueller, 1946gas phase; ALS

IR Spectrum

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


References

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Papina, Pimenova, et al., 1995
Papina, T.S.; Pimenova, S.M.; Luk'yanova, V.A.; Kolesov, V.P., Standard enthalpies of formation of benzyl alcohol and α,α,α-trichlorotoluene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1995, 69, 1951-1953, In original 2148. [all data]

Parks, Manchester, et al., 1954
Parks, G.S.; Manchester, K.E.; Vaughan, L.M., Heats of combustion and formation of some alcohols, phenols, and ketones, J. Chem. Phys., 1954, 22, 2089-2090. [all data]

Landrieu, Baylocq, et al., 1929
Landrieu, P.; Baylocq, F.; Johnson, J.R., Etude thermochimique dans la serie furanique, Bull. Soc. Chim. France, 1929, 45, 36-49. [all data]

Schmidlin, 1906
Schmidlin, M.J., Recherches chimiques et thermochimiques sur la constitution des rosanilines, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1906, 1, 195-256. [all data]

Barker, 1925
Barker, M.F., Calorific value and constitution, J. Phys. Chem., 1925, 29, 1345-1363. [all data]

Parks, Todd, et al., 1936
Parks, G.S.; Todd, S.S.; Moore, W.A., Thermal data on organic compounds. XVI. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for typical benzene derivatives and heterocyclic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 398-401. [all data]

Griigo'ev, Yanin, et al., 1979
Griigo'ev, B.A.; Yanin, G.S.; Rastorguev, Yu.L.; Thermophysical parameters of alcohols, Tr. GIAP, 54, 1979, 57-64. [all data]

Nichols and Wads, 1975
Nichols, N.; Wads, I., Thermochemistry of solutions of biochemical model compounds. 3. Some benzene derivatives in aqueous solution, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1975, 7, 329-336. [all data]

Smith and Andrews, 1931
Smith, R.H.; Andrews, D.H., Thermal energy studies. I. Phenyl derivatives of methane, ethane and some related compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3644-3660. [all data]

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Grayson and Fosbraey, 2006
Grayson, B. Terence; Fosbraey, Lynda A., Determination of the vapour pressure of pesticides, Pestic. Sci., 2006, 13, 3, 269-278, https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.2780130308 . [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]

Kkykj and Repas, 1973
Kkykj, J.; Repas, M., Petrochemia, 1973, 13, 179. [all data]

Serpinskii, Voitkevich, et al., 1957
Serpinskii, V.V.; Voitkevich, S.A.; Lyuboshits, N.Yu., Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1957, 31, 1278. [all data]

Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054 . [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]

Caldwell, Rozeboom, et al., 1984
Caldwell, G.; Rozeboom, M.D.; Kiplinger, J.P.; Bartmess, J.E., Anion-alcohol hydrogen bond strengths in the gas phase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4660. [all data]

Paul and Kebarle, 1990
Paul, G.J.C.; Kebarle, P., Thermodynamics of the Association Reactions OH- - H2O = HOHOH- and CH3O- - CH3OH = CH3OHOCH3- in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94, 12, 5184, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100375a076 . [all data]

Meot-ner and Sieck, 1986
Meot-ner, M.; Sieck, L.W., Relative acidities of water and methanol, and the stabilities of the dimer adducts, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 6687. [all data]

Caldwell and Kebarle, 1986
Caldwell, G.; Kebarle, P., Mobility of Gaseous Ions in Weak Electric Fields in Unpublished results, 1986. [all data]

Meot-Ner(Mautner), 1986
Meot-Ner(Mautner), M., Comparative Stabilities of Cationic and Anionic Hydrogen-Bonded Networks. Mixed Clusters of Water-Methanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 20, 6189, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00280a014 . [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]

Meot-ner, 1988
Meot-ner, M., The Ionic Hydrogen Bond and Solvation. 7. Interaction Energies of Carbanions with Solvent Molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 12, 3858, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00220a022 . [all data]

Mihalick, Gatev, et al., 1996
Mihalick, J.E.; Gatev, G.G.; Brauman, J.I., Electron Photodetachment Spectroscopy of Solvated Anions: RO.HF- or ROH.F-?, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 49, 12424, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja954202k . [all data]

Gellner and Skinner, 1949
Gellner, O.H.; Skinner, H.A., Dissociation energies of carbon-halogen bonds. The bond strengths allyl-X and benzyl-X, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1145-1148. [all data]

Cubberley and Mueller, 1946
Cubberley, A.H.; Mueller, M.B., Equilibrium studies on the dehydrogenation of primary and secondary alcohols. I. 2-Butanol, 2-octanol, cyclopentanol and benzyl alcohol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1149-1151. [all data]


Notes

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