Benzaldehyde, 4-methyl-

• Formula: C₈H₈O
• Molecular weight: 120.1485
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H8O/c1-7-2-4-8(6-9)5-3-7/h2-6H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FXLOVSHXALFLKQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 104-87-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Tolualdehyde
• Other names: p-Tolualdehyde; p-Formyltoluene; p-Methylbenzaldehyde; p-Toluylaldehyde; p-Tolylaldehyde; 4-Methylbenzaldehyde; 4-Tolualdehyde; Paratolualdehyde; PTAL; NSC 2224
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  • Reaction thermochemistry data
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  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled by: Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₈H₇O^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇O^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈O

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
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₈H₇O^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₇O^- + H⁺ = C₈H₈O

References

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

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]

Wentworth, Kao, et al., 1975
Wentworth, W.E.; Kao, L.W.; Becker, R.S., Electron affinities of substituted aromatic compounds, J. Phys. Chem., 1975, 79, 1161. [all data]

Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1964
Foffani, A.; Pignataro, S.; Cantone, B.; Grasso, F., Ionization potentials and substituent effects for aromatic carbonyl compounds, Z. Physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1964, 42, 221. [all data]

Gal, Geribaldi, et al., 1985
Gal, J.-F.; Geribaldi, S.; Pfister-Guillouzo, G.; Morris, D.G., Basicity of the carbonyl group. Part 12. Correlations between ionization potentials and lewis basicities in aromatic carbonyl compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1985, 103. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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