Benzeneacetic acid

• Formula: C₈H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 136.1479
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c9-8(10)6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WLJVXDMOQOGPHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 103-82-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Acetic acid, phenyl-; α-Toluic acid; Benzenacetic acid; Phenylacetic acid; ω-Phenylacetic acid; Phenylethanoic acid; Kyselina fenyloctova; 2-Phenylacetic acid; NSC 125718
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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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

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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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]

Henne and Hill, 1943
Henne, A.L.; Hill, P., The Preparatioon of Aldehydes, Ketones, and Acids by Ozone Oxidation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 752-4. [all data]

Adams and Marshall, 1928
Adams, R.; Marshall, J.R., The Use of Platinum-Oxide Platinum Black in the Catalytic Reduction of Aromatic Hydrocarbons XVII., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1928, 50, 1970. [all data]

Robertson, 1902
Robertson, P.W., Atomic and molecular heats of fusion., J. Chem. Soc., 1902, 81, 1233. [all data]

Bruner, 1894
Bruner, L., The heats of fusion of some organic compounds, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1894, 27, 2102. [all data]

Roux *, Temprado, et al., 2004
Roux *, Maria Victoria; Temprado, Manuel; Notario, Rafael; Verevkin, Sergey P.; Emel'yanenko, Vladimir N.; Demasters, Douglas E.; Liebman, Joel F., The energetics of naphthalene derivatives, III: phenylacetic acid and the isomeric 1- and 2-naphthylacetic acids, Molecular Physics, 2004, 102, 18, 1909-1917, https://doi.org/10.1080/00268970412331284262 . [all data]

Monte and Hillesheim, 2001
Monte, Manuel J.S.; Hillesheim, Dorothea M., Thermodynamic Study on the Sublimation of 2-Phenylacetic, 4-Phenylbutyric, and 5-Phenylvaleric Acid, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 6, 1601-1604, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010153h . [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]

Gracin and Rasmuson, 2002
Gracin, Sandra; Rasmuson, Åke C., Solubility of Phenylacetic Acid, p -Hydroxyphenylacetic Acid, p -Aminophenylacetic Acid, p -Hydroxybenzoic Acid, and Ibuprofen in Pure Solvents, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002, 47, 6, 1379-1383, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0255170 . [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]

Sharma, Kant, et al., 2003
Sharma, B.L.; Kant, Rajesh; Sharma, Ritu; Tandon, Sonika, Deviations of binary organic eutectic melt systems, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2003, 82, 1, 216-224, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-0584(03)00199-8 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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