Benzonitrile, 4-methyl-

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil490.8KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil491.3KN/AWright, 1961Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC
Tboil491.3KN/AWright, 1960Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tboil490.75KN/APerkin, 1896Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus299.7KN/AStephenson, 1994Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus301.55KN/ATurner and Merry, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
377.70.026Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
11.5330.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 315. to 491. K. See also Stull, 1947.; AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C8H6N- + Hydrogen cation = Benzonitrile, 4-methyl-

By formula: C8H6N- + H+ = C8H7N

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr360.5 ± 2.4kcal/molG+TSKahn, Hehre, et al., 1984gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr353.3 ± 2.3kcal/molIMREKahn, Hehre, et al., 1984gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale

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

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Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.32EIVan Der Greef, Molenaar-Langeveld, et al., 1979LLK
9.31EIJohnstone and Mellon, 1973LLK
9.56 ± 0.05EIBuchs, 1970RDSH
9.76EICrable and Kearns, 1962RDSH
9.38PEPalmer, Moyes, et al., 1980Vertical value; LLK
9.33PEKobayashi and Nagakura, 1974Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C7H6+12.22HCNEIVan Der Greef, Molenaar-Langeveld, et al., 1979LLK

De-protonation reactions

C8H6N- + Hydrogen cation = Benzonitrile, 4-methyl-

By formula: C8H6N- + H+ = C8H7N

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr360.5 ± 2.4kcal/molG+TSKahn, Hehre, et al., 1984gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr353.3 ± 2.3kcal/molIMREKahn, Hehre, et al., 1984gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B

IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin Japan AIST/NIMC Database- Spectrum MS-NW- 881
NIST MS number 228796

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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

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Source Bol'shakov, et al., 1969
Owner INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 20185
Instrument SF-4
Melting point 29.5
Boiling point 217

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]

Wright, 1961
Wright, F.J., Influence of temperature on viscosity of nonassociated liquids, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 454. [all data]

Wright, 1960
Wright, F.J., Latent Heat of Vaporization and Composition, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1960, 79, 784-9. [all data]

Perkin, 1896
Perkin, W.H., LXIX. On Magnetic Rotatory Power, especially of Aromatic Compounds, J. Chem. Soc., 1896, 69, 1025-1257. [all data]

Stephenson, 1994
Stephenson, R.M., Mutual Solubility of Water and Nitriles, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1994, 39, 225-7. [all data]

Turner and Merry, 1910
Turner, W.E.S.; Merry, E.W., The Molecular Complexity in the Liq. State of Tervalent Nitrogen Comp., J. Chem. Soc., 1910, 97, 2069. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [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]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Kahn, Hehre, et al., 1984
Kahn, S.D.; Hehre, W.J.; Bartmess, J.E.; Caldwell, G., Effect of Metal Complexation on the Gas-phase Acidities of Alkylbenzenes, Organomet., 1984, 3, 11, 1740, https://doi.org/10.1021/om00089a024 . [all data]

Van Der Greef, Molenaar-Langeveld, et al., 1979
Van Der Greef, J.; Molenaar-Langeveld, T.A.; Nibbering, N.M.M., The elimination of HCN (or HNC) from the molecular ions of some isomeric C8H7N compounds, studied by field ionization kinetic and kinetic energy release measurements, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1979, 29, 11. [all data]

Johnstone and Mellon, 1973
Johnstone, R.A.W.; Mellon, F.A., Effects of induction and resonance in the calculation of ionization potentials of substituted benzenes by perturbation molecular orbital theory, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1973, 69, 36. [all data]

Buchs, 1970
Buchs, A., Etude par spectrometrie de masse de l'ionisation de benzonitriles, de phenylacetonitriles et de N,N-dimethylanilines substitues, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1970, 53, 2026. [all data]

Crable and Kearns, 1962
Crable, G.F.; Kearns, G.L., Effect of substituent groups on the ionization potentials of benzenes, J. Phys. Chem., 1962, 66, 436. [all data]

Palmer, Moyes, et al., 1980
Palmer, M.H.; Moyes, W.; Spiers, M., The electronic structure of substituted benzenes: Ab initio calculations and photoelectron spectra for benzonitrile, the tolunitriles, fluorobenzonitriles, dicyanobenzenes and ethynylbenzene, J. Mol. Struct., 1980, 62, 165. [all data]

Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1974
Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of substituted benzenes, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1974, 47, 2563. [all data]

Bol'shakov, et al., 1969
Bol'shakov, G.F., et al., Ultraviolet spectra of heteroorganic compounds, 1969, 175. [all data]


Notes

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