p-Aminotoluene
- Formula: C7H9N
- Molecular weight: 107.1531
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H9N/c1-6-2-4-7(8)5-3-6/h2-5H,8H2,1H3
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RZXMPPFPUUCRFN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 106-49-0
- Chemical structure:
This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file
The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript. - Other names: p-Toluidine; p-Methylaniline; p-Methylbenzenamine; p-Tolylamine; C.I. Azoic coupling component 107; 1-Amino-4-methylbenzene; 4-Aminotoluene; 4-Methylaniline; 4-Methylbenzenamine; 4-Toluidine; Benzenamine, 4-methyl-; 4-Amino-1-methylbenzene; 4-Tolylamine; p-Toluidin; Aniline, p-methyl-; 4-Aminotoluen; Rcra waste number U353; C.I. 37107; Naphtol AS-KG; Naphtol AS-KGLL; NSC 15350
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Gas phase thermochemistry data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔfH°gas | 41.8 | kJ/mol | Ccb | Draeger, 1984 | ALS |
| ΔfH°gas | 62.2 | kJ/mol | N/A | Pushin, 1954 | Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of 19 kj/mol from Pushin, 1954 and ΔvapH° value of 43.18 kj/mol from missing citation.; DRB |
Condensed phase thermochemistry data
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔfH°liquid | 19. | kJ/mol | Ccb | Pushin, 1954 | Author's hf298_condensed=1.8 kcal/mol; ALS |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| ΔcH°liquid | -4059. | kJ/mol | Ccb | Pushin, 1954 | Author's hf298_condensed=1.8 kcal/mol; ALS |
| ΔcH°liquid | -4061.4 | kJ/mol | Ccb | Swarts, 1909 | ALS |
Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
| Cp,solid (J/mol*K) | Temperature (K) | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 165.2 | 298.15 | Meva'a and Lichanot, 1990 | T = 273 to 368 K. Cp(c) = 147.505 + 0.604T + 3.525x10-3T2 + 2.351x10-5T3 J/mol*K (-100 to 30 C). Cp(liq) = 212.982 + 0.182T J/mol*K (50 to 95 C).; DH |
| 124.3 | 293. | Campbell and Campbell, 1940 | DH |
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
C7H8N- + =
By formula: C7H8N- + H+ = C7H9N
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | 1537. ± 8.8 | kJ/mol | G+TS | Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979 | gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| ΔrG° | 1507. ± 8.4 | kJ/mol | IMRE | Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979 | gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B |
+
=
+
By formula: C7H9N + C7H5IO = HI + C14H13NO
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | -168. ± 2. | kJ/mol | Cac | Kiselev, Khuzyasheva, et al., 1979 | liquid phase; solvent: Benzene; ALS |
+
=
+
By formula: C7H9N + C7H5BrO = HBr + C14H13NO
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | -170. ± 0.8 | kJ/mol | Cac | Kiselev, Khuzyasheva, et al., 1979 | liquid phase; solvent: Benzene; ALS |
+
=
+
By formula: C7H9N + C7H5ClO = C14H13NO + HCl
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | -164. ± 1. | kJ/mol | Cac | Kiselev, Khuzyasheva, et al., 1979 | liquid phase; solvent: Benzene; ALS |
C15H16N2O = +
By formula: C15H16N2O = C7H9N + C8H7NO
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | 146.1 ± 0.9 | kJ/mol | Eqk | Chimishkyan, Svetlova, et al., 1984 | solid phase; Dissociation; ALS |
= 0.5
+ 0.5
By formula: C8H11N = 0.5C7H9N + 0.5C9H13N
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | -1. | kJ/mol | Kin | Kachurin, Matvienko, et al., 1980 | liquid phase; ALS |
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
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 C7H9N+ (ion structure unspecified)
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proton affinity (review) | 896.7 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| Gas basicity | 864.8 | kJ/mol | N/A | Hunter and Lias, 1998 | HL |
Ionization energy determinations
| IE (eV) | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.37 | PE | Cowling and Johnstone, 1973 | LLK |
| 7.24 ± 0.02 | PI | Potapov and Iskakov, 1971 | LLK |
| 7.6 ± 0.1 | CTS | Farrell and Newton, 1966 | RDSH |
| 7.6 ± 0.1 | EI | Eland, Shepherd, et al., 1966 | RDSH |
| 7.58 | CTS | Kinoshita, 1962 | RDSH |
| 7.65 | CTS | Briegleb and Czekalla, 1959 | RDSH |
| 7.81 | PE | Palmer, Moyes, et al., 1979 | Vertical value; LLK |
| 7.85 ± 0.05 | PE | Szepes, Distefano, et al., 1974 | Vertical value; LLK |
| 7.62 | PE | Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1972 | Vertical value; LLK |
| 7.78 | PE | Baker, May, et al., 1968 | Vertical value; RDSH |
Appearance energy determinations
| Ion | AE (eV) | Other Products | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C7H8N+ | 11.0 ± 0.1 | H | PI | Potapov and Iskakov, 1971 | LLK |
| C7H8N+ | 10.80 | H | EI | Howe and Williams, 1969 | RDSH |
De-protonation reactions
C7H8N- + =
By formula: C7H8N- + H+ = C7H9N
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔrH° | 1537. ± 8.8 | kJ/mol | G+TS | Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979 | gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| ΔrG° | 1507. ± 8.4 | kJ/mol | IMRE | Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979 | gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B |
References
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Draeger, 1984
Draeger, J.A.,
Chemical-thermodynamic properties of molecules that undergo inversion. II. The methylanilines,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1984, 16, 1067-1073. [all data]
Pushin, 1954
Pushin, N.A.,
Heats of combustion and heats of formation of isomeric organic compounds,
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Swarts, 1909
Swarts, M.F.,
Sur la chaleur de formation de l'aniline et de quelquesuns de ses derives,
Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1909, 28, 155-165. [all data]
Meva'a and Lichanot, 1990
Meva'a, L.M.; Lichanot, A.,
Proprietes thermodynamiques en phase condensee des ortho, meta et para fluorotoluene, cresol et toluidine,
Thermochim. Acta, 1990, 158, 335-345. [all data]
Campbell and Campbell, 1940
Campbell, A.N.; Campbell, A.J.R.,
The heats of solution, heats of formation,
specific heats and equilibrium diagrams of certain molecular compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 291-297. [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]
Kiselev, Khuzyasheva, et al., 1979
Kiselev, V.D.; Khuzyasheva, d.G.; Konovalov, A.I.,
Thermochemical study of the acylation of para-substituted anilines,
J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1979, 49, 2273-2276. [all data]
Chimishkyan, Svetlova, et al., 1984
Chimishkyan, A.L.; Svetlova, L.P.; Leonova, T.V.; Gluyaev, N.D.,
Thermal decomposition of substituted ureas,
J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1984, 54, 1317-1320. [all data]
Kachurin, Matvienko, et al., 1980
Kachurin, O.I.; Matvienko, N.M.; Chekhuta, V.G.,
N-Methylated p-toluidines,
Russ. Chem. Rev., 1980, 46, 64-67. [all data]
Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G.,
Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update,
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Cowling and Johnstone, 1973
Cowling, S.A.; Johnstone, R.A.W.,
Photoelectron spectroscopy: The effects of steric inhibition to resonance in anilines,
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1973, 2, 161. [all data]
Potapov and Iskakov, 1971
Potapov, V.K.; Iskakov, L.I.,
Electronic structure and photoionization of aromatic amines,
High Energy Chem., 1971, 5, 237, In original 264. [all data]
Farrell and Newton, 1966
Farrell, P.G.; Newton, J.,
Ionization potentials of primary aromatic amines and aza-hydrocarbons,
Tetrahedron Lett., 1966, 5517. [all data]
Eland, Shepherd, et al., 1966
Eland, J.H.D.; Shepherd, P.J.; Danby, C.J.,
Ionization potentials of aromatic molecules determined by analytical interpretation of electron impact data,
Z. Naturforsch., 1966, 21a, 1580. [all data]
Kinoshita, 1962
Kinoshita, M.,
The absorption spectra of the molecular complexes of aromatic compounds with p-bromanil,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 1962, 35, 1609. [all data]
Briegleb and Czekalla, 1959
Briegleb, G.; Czekalla, J.,
Die Bestimmung von lonisierungsenergien aus den Spektren von Elektronenubergangskomplexen,
Z.Elektrochem., 1959, 63, 6. [all data]
Palmer, Moyes, et al., 1979
Palmer, M.H.; Moyes, W.; Spiers, M.; Ridyard, J.N.A.,
The electronic structure of substituted benzenes; a study of aniline, the toluidines, phenylenediamines and fluoroanilines by photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations,
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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]
Kobayashi and Nagakura, 1972
Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S.,
Photoelectron spectra of anilines,
Chem. Lett., 1972, 1013. [all data]
Baker, May, et al., 1968
Baker, A.D.; May, D.P.; Turner, D.W.,
Molecular photoelectron spectroscopy. Part VII. The vertical ionisation potentials of benzene and some of its monosubstituted and 1,4-disubstituted derivatives,
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Howe and Williams, 1969
Howe, I.; Williams, D.H.,
Calculation and qualitative predictions of mass spectra. Mono- and paradisubstituted benzenes,
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Notes
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