Succinic anhydride

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-126.2 ± 0.41kcal/molCcbYan and Pilcher, 1990 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-145.5 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbYan and Pilcher, 1990 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-367.38 ± 0.1kcal/molCcbYan and Pilcher, 1990Corresponding Δfsolid = -145.5 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcsolid-369.00 ± 0.15kcal/molCcbVerkade and Hartman, 1933Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -370.19 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfsolid = -143.83 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil534.2KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus392.6KN/AMclean and Adams, 1936Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus393.15KN/ABerner, 1929Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tfus392.KN/ATammann, 1913Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub19.3 ± 0.38kcal/molCMeng-Yan and Pilcher, 1990AC
Δsub19.3 ± 0.38kcal/molVYan and Pilcher, 1990ALS
Δsub19.3kcal/molN/AYan and Pilcher, 1990DRB

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
13.7416.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 401. to 534. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
365. to 534.3.646501433.874-144.107Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
19.2 ± 0.38309.MEMeng-Yan and Pilcher, 1990Based on data from 298. to 320. K.; AC
19.6302.ME,TEDe Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983Based on data from 290. to 311. K.; AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

Succinic anhydride + Water = Butanedioic acid

By formula: C4H4O3 + H2O = C4H6O4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-11.20 ± 0.02kcal/molCmConn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1942liquid phase; Heat of hydrolysis at 303 K

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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References

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Yan and Pilcher, 1990
Yan, Y.M.; Pilcher, G., Enthalpies of combustion of succinic anhydride, glutaric anhydride, and glutarimide, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1990, 22, 893-898. [all data]

Verkade and Hartman, 1933
Verkade, P.E.; Hartman, H., Calorimetric researches XXI. Heats of combustion of methyl-, ethyl- and phenyl-substituted succinic acids and of their anhydrides: a. Experimental data, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1933, 52, 945-968. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

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]

Mclean and Adams, 1936
Mclean, A.; Adams, R., Succinic-α-d2,;alpha.'-d2, Acid and Its Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 804-10. [all data]

Berner, 1929
Berner, E., The refraction constants and volume of solution of some organic compounds in aqueous solution, Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. A, 1929, 141, 91. [all data]

Tammann, 1913
Tammann, G., Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Goettingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., 1913, 1913, 335. [all data]

Meng-Yan and Pilcher, 1990
Meng-Yan, Yang; Pilcher, G., Enthalpies of combustion of succinic anhydride, glutaric anhydride, and glutarimide, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1990, 22, 9, 893-898, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(90)90177-R . [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]

De Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983
De Wit, H.G.M.; Van Miltenburg, J.C.; De Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of molecular organic crystals containing nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur 1. Vapour pressures and enthalpies of sublimation, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 7, 651-663, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90079-4 . [all data]

Conn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1942
Conn, J.B.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Roberts, R.M.; Smith, E.A., Heats of organic reactions. XIII. Heats of hydrolysis of some acid anhydrides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1747-17. [all data]


Notes

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