Acetaminophen

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus441.2KN/AManzo and Ahumanda, 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tfus441.KN/AEl-Banna, 1978Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ΔsubH°138. ± 3.kJ/molFus+VapVecchio and Tomassetti, 2009AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
103. ± 3.521.TGAVecchio and Tomassetti, 2009AC
99. ± 1.494.TGAVecchio and Tomassetti, 2009AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
27.6443.2DSCMota, Carneiro, et al., 2009AC
27.0440.3DSCVecchio and Tomassetti, 2009AC
26.49441.9AC,DSCXu, Sun, et al., 2006AC
26.2443.DSCRomero, Bustamante, et al., 2004AC
26.02441.2N/AManzo and Ahumada, 1990AC

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference
7.57 ± 0.02EIBenezra and Bursey, 1972

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H6NO+13.52 ± 0.02CH3COEIBenezra and Bursey, 1972 
C6H7NO+9.82 ± 0.02CH2=C=OEIBenezra and Bursey, 1972 

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Timothy J. Johnson, Tanya L. Myers, Yin-Fong Su, Russell G. Tonkyn, Molly Rose K. Kelly-Gorham, and Tyler O. Danby

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

THz IR spectrum

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Data compiled by: Edwin J. Heilweil and Matthew B. Campbell

Condensed Phase Spectrum

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Owner Collection (C) 2005 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
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State Solid (powder)
Sample description 8.1 mg + 113.5 mg polyethylene spectrograde powder
Sample contents acetaminophen

References

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Manzo and Ahumanda, 1990
Manzo, R.H.; Ahumanda, A.A., Effects of solvent medium on solubility. V: Enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy changes of Di-substituted benzene derivatives in ethanol: Water and ethanol: Cyclohexane mixtures, J. Pharm. Sci., 1990, 79, 12, 1109, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.2600791214 . [all data]

El-Banna, 1978
El-Banna, H.M., Solid Dispersion of Pharmaceutaical Ternary Systems I. Phase Diagrams of Aspirin- Acetominophen-Urea Systems, J. Pharm. Sci., 1978, 67, 1109. [all data]

Vecchio and Tomassetti, 2009
Vecchio, Stefano; Tomassetti, Mauro, Vapor pressures and standard molar enthalpies, entropies and Gibbs energies of sublimation of three 4-substituted acetanilide derivatives, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2009, 279, 1, 64-72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2009.02.001 . [all data]

Mota, Carneiro, et al., 2009
Mota, Fátima L.; Carneiro, Aristides P.; Queimada, António J.; Pinho, Simão P.; Macedo, Eugénia A., Temperature and solvent effects in the solubility of some pharmaceutical compounds: Measurements and modeling, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009, 37, 3-4, 499-507, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2009.04.009 . [all data]

Xu, Sun, et al., 2006
Xu, F.; Sun, L.X.; Tan, Z.C.; Liang, J.G.; Zhang, T., Adiabatic calorimetry and thermal analysis on acetaminophen, J Therm Anal Calorim, 2006, 83, 1, 187-191, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-005-6969-0 . [all data]

Romero, Bustamante, et al., 2004
Romero, S.; Bustamante, P.; Escalera, B.; Cirri, M.; Mura, P., Characterization of the solid phases of paracetamol and fenamates at equilibrium in saturated solutions, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2004, 77, 2, 541-554, https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JTAN.0000038993.61782.ba . [all data]

Manzo and Ahumada, 1990
Manzo, Ruben H.; Ahumada, Amelia A., Effects of solvent medium on solubility. V: Enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy changes of Di-substituted benzene derivatives in ethanol: Water and ethanol: Cyclohexane mixtures, J. Pharm. Sci., 1990, 79, 12, 1109-1115, https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.2600791214 . [all data]

Benezra and Bursey, 1972
Benezra, S.A.; Bursey, M.M., Hydrogen bonding in mass spectral activated complexes. A correction, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1972, 11, 1537. [all data]

Notes

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