Acetamide, N-phenyl-

• Formula: C₈H₉NO
• Molecular weight: 135.1632
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H9NO/c1-7(10)9-8-5-3-2-4-6-8/h2-6H,1H3,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FZERHIULMFGESH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 103-84-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Acetanilide; Acetamidobenzene; Acetanil; Acetoanilide; Acetylaniline; Antifebrin; Benzenamine, N-acetyl-; N-Acetylaniline; N-Phenylacetamide; Phenalgene; Phenalgin; Acetylaminobenzene; Acetic acid anilide; Acetanilid; Aniline, N-acetyl-; USAF EK-3; AN [Analgesic]; N-Acetylaminobenzene; NSC 7636
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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

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Individual Reactions

C₈H₈NO^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₈NO^- + H⁺ = C₈H₉NO

 +  = C₁₀H₁₁NO₂ + 

By formula: C₈H₉NO + C₂H₄O₂ = C₁₀H₁₁NO₂ + H₂O

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₈H₉NO + H₂O = C₆H₇N + C₂H₄O₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₅N₃O + C₆H₇N = C₈H₉NO + C₂H₃N₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₃H₄N₄O + C₆H₇N = C₈H₉NO + CH₂N₄

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O₃ + C₆H₇N = C₈H₉NO + C₂H₄O₂

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
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₈H₈NO^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₈NO^- + H⁺ = C₈H₉NO

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (KBr PELLET); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLID (SPLIT MULL); PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution

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

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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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

Spectrum

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References

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Taft and Bordwell, 1988
Taft, R.W.; Bordwell, F.G., Structural and Solvent Effects Evaluated from Acidities Measured in Dimethyl Sulfoxide and in the Gas Phase, Acc. Chem. Res., 1988, 21, 12, 463, https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00156a005 . [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]

Wadso, 1965
Wadso, I., Thermochemical properties of diacetimide, N-butyldiacetimide and N-phenyldiacetimide, Acta Chem. Scand., 1965, 19, 1079-1087. [all data]

Wadso, 1962
Wadso, I., Heats of aminolysis and hydrolysis of some N-acetyl compounds and of acetic anhydride, Acta Chem. Scand., 1962, 16, 471-478. [all data]

Bouchoux, 1978
Bouchoux, G., Ionisation et fragmentation en spectrometrie de masse VIII. Energies d'activation de deux fragmentations competitives, dissociation de l'acetate de phenyle et de l'acetanilide sous impact electronique, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 26, 379. [all data]

Baldwin, Loudon, et al., 1976
Baldwin, M.A.; Loudon, A.G.; Maccoll, A.; Webb, K.S., The nature and fragmentation pathways of the molecular ions of some arylureas, arylthioureas, acetanilides, thioacetanilides and related compounds, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1976, 11, 1181. [all data]

Benezra and Bursey, 1971
Benezra, S.A.; Bursey, M.M., ortho-Effects on ordering factors in mass spectral rearrangements. Loss of keten from halogenated phenyl acetates and acetanilides, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1971, 1515. [all data]

Cotter, 1964
Cotter, J.L., Electron impact fragmentation patterns of acetanilide and benzamide, J. Chem. Soc., 1964, 5477. [all data]

Nakagaki, Kobayashi, et al., 1980
Nakagaki, R.; Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Conformations of acetanilide and related compounds studied by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1980, 53, 901. [all data]

Szepes, Distefano, et al., 1974
Szepes, L.; Distefano, G.; Pignataro, S., Steric inhibition of resonance in acetanilides by UV photoelectron spectroscopy, Ann. Chim., 1974, 64, 159. [all data]

Johnson, 1966
Johnson, E.A., UV atlas of organic compaunds, 1966, 2, D6/5. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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