Benzyl methyl ketone

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-22.62kcal/molCcbNicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954 
Δfgas-22.62kcal/molCcbNicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-36.30 ± 0.41kcal/molCcbNicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -36.40 kcal/mol
Δfliquid-36.40kcal/molCcbNicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954 
Δfliquid-38.85 ± 0.30kcal/molCcbParks, Manchester, et al., 1954Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -38.96 ± 0.30 kcal/mol
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1151.73 ± 0.40kcal/molCcbNicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1151.7 ± 0.4 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -36.31 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1151.65 ± 0.40kcal/molCcbNicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954Corresponding Δfliquid = -36.39 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1149.18 ± 0.28kcal/molCcbParks, Manchester, et al., 1954Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1149.09 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -38.86 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcliquid-1151.6 ± 0.6kcal/molCcbSpringall and White, 1954Corresponding Δfliquid = -36.4 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil489.7KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus257.8KN/ATimmermans, 1922Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap13.4 ± 0.7kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points

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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

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Individual Reactions

C9H9O- + Hydrogen cation = Benzyl methyl ketone

By formula: C9H9O- + H+ = C9H10O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr350.2 ± 2.5kcal/molG+TSBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr351.1 ± 3.5kcal/molG+TSCumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr344.5 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr345.4 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B

Chlorine anion + Benzyl methyl ketone = (Chlorine anion • Benzyl methyl ketone)

By formula: Cl- + C9H10O = (Cl- • C9H10O)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr10.70kcal/molTDEqFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
8.3421.PHPMSFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; M

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)201.4kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity193.8kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.7PECentineo, Fragala, et al., 1978LLK
9.14 ± 0.09EIFoffani, Pignataro, et al., 1963RDSH
8.98PECentineo, Fragala, et al., 1978Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H5+13.66 ± 0.02?EIFoffani, Pignataro, et al., 1963RDSH
C8H7O+9.90 ± 0.17CH3EIFoffani, Pignataro, et al., 1963RDSH

De-protonation reactions

C9H9O- + Hydrogen cation = Benzyl methyl ketone

By formula: C9H9O- + H+ = C9H10O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr350.2 ± 2.5kcal/molG+TSBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr351.1 ± 3.5kcal/molG+TSCumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr344.5 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr345.4 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B

Ion clustering data

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B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

Chlorine anion + Benzyl methyl ketone = (Chlorine anion • Benzyl methyl ketone)

By formula: Cl- + C9H10O = (Cl- • C9H10O)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr10.70kcal/molTDEqFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
8.3421.PHPMSFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; M

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Nicholson, Szwarc, et al., 1954
Nicholson, G.R.; Szwarc, M.; Taylor, J.W., The heats of formation of diacetyl and of benzyl methyl ketone in the vapour phase, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2767-2769. [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]

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]

Springall and White, 1954
Springall, H.D.; White, T.R., Heats of combustion and molecular structure. Part II. The mean bond energy term for the carbonyl system in certain ketones, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2765-27. [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]

Timmermans, 1922
Timmermans, J., Investigation of the Freezing Point of Organic Substances VII, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1922, 31, 389. [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]

Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
Cumming, J.B.; Kebarle, P., Summary of gas phase measurements involving acids AH. Entropy changes in proton transfer reactions involving negative ions. Bond dissociation energies D(A-H) and electron affinities EA(A), Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 1. [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]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Centineo, Fragala, et al., 1978
Centineo, G.; Fragala, I.; Bruno, G.; Spampinato, S., Photoelectron spectroscopy of benzophenone, acetophenone and their ortho-alkyl derivatives, J. Mol. Struct., 1978, 44, 203. [all data]

Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1963
Foffani, A.; Pignataro, S.; Cantone, B.; Grasso, F., Mass spectra of diazocompounds. I. Diazocarbonyl compounds, Nuovo Cimento, 1963, 29, 918. [all data]


Notes

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