p-Cresol

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to C7H8O+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)8.34 ± 0.03eVN/AN/AL

Proton affinity at 298K

Proton affinity (kcal/mol) Reference Comment
195. ± 2.van Beelen, Koblenz, et al., 2004T = 298K; PA derived by authors from GB with protonation entropy equated to Rlnσ(B)/σ(BH+); MM

Gas basicity at 298K

Gas basicity (review) (kcal/mol) Reference Comment
187. ± 2.van Beelen, Koblenz, et al., 2004T = 298K; PA derived by authors from GB with protonation entropy equated to Rlnσ(B)/σ(BH+); MM

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.31 ± 0.08EISelim, Fahmey, et al., 1991LL
8.13EIRussell, Freiser, et al., 1983LBLHLM
8.34EIJohnstone and Mellon, 1973LLK
8.97EICrable and Kearns, 1962RDSH
8.35PEPalmer, Moyes, et al., 1979Vertical value; LLK
8.38PEKobayashi and Nagakura, 1974Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H5+15.69 ± 0.08?EISelim, Fahmey, et al., 1990LL
C6H7+11.50?EIRussell, Freiser, et al., 1983LBLHLM
C7H7+11.67 ± 0.08OHEISelim, Fahmey, et al., 1990LL
C7H7O+11.13HEIRussell, Freiser, et al., 1983LBLHLM
C7H7O+12.4 ± 0.1HEITait, Shannon, et al., 1962RDSH

De-protonation reactions

C7H7O- + Hydrogen cation = p-Cresol

By formula: C7H7O- + H+ = C7H8O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr350.2 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSFujio, McIver, et al., 1981gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr350.2 ± 2.1kcal/molG+TSBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr351.6 ± 2.3kcal/molG+TSKebarle and McMahon, 1977gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr343.4 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREFujio, McIver, et al., 1981gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr343.4 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr344.7 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREKebarle and McMahon, 1977gas phase; B

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

van Beelen, Koblenz, et al., 2004
van Beelen, E.S.E.; Koblenz, T.A.; Ingemann, S.; Hammerum, S., Experimental and theoretical evaluation of proton affinities of furan, the methylphenols, and the related anisoles, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108, 2787. [all data]

Selim, Fahmey, et al., 1991
Selim, E.T.M.; Fahmey, M.A.; Ghonime, H.S., Mass spectrometric study of molecular ions of methyl-phenol isomers using electron impact technique, Indian J. Phys., 1991, 65, 171. [all data]

Russell, Freiser, et al., 1983
Russell, D.H.; Freiser, B.S.; McBay, E.H.; Canada, D.C., The structure of decomposing [C7H7O]+ ions: Benzyl versus tropylium ion structures, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1983, 18, 474. [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]

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., 1979
Palmer, M.H.; Moyes, W.; Speirs, M.; Ridyard, J.N.A., The electronic structure of substituted benzenes; ab initio calculations and photoelectron spectra for phenol, the methyl- and fluoro-derivatives, and the dihydroxybenzenes, J. Mol. Struct., 1979, 52, 293. [all data]

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

Selim, Fahmey, et al., 1990
Selim, E.T.M.; Fahmey, M.A.; Ghonime, H.S., [C7H7]+ and [C6H5]+ fragment ions produced from methylphenol isomers by electron impact, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1990, 26, 55. [all data]

Tait, Shannon, et al., 1962
Tait, J.M.S.; Shannon, T.W.; Harrison, A.G., The structure of substituted C7 ions from benzyl derivatives at the appearance potential threshold, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1962, 84, 4. [all data]

Fujio, McIver, et al., 1981
Fujio, M.; McIver, R.T., Jr.; Taft, R.W., Effects on the acidities of phenols from specific substituent-solvent interactions. Inherent substituent parameters from gas phase acidities, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 4017. [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Kebarle and McMahon, 1977
Kebarle, P.; McMahon, T.B., Intrinsic Acidities of Substituted Phenols and Benzoic Acids Determined by Gas Phase Proton Transfer Equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7, 2222, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00449a032 . [all data]


Notes

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