Mesitylene

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
B - John E. Bartmess
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

C3H9Si+ + Mesitylene = (C3H9Si+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: C3H9Si+ + C9H12 = (C3H9Si+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr31.0kcal/molPHPMSWojtyniak and Stone, 1986gas phase; switching reaction,Thermochemical ladder((CH3)3Si+)(C6H6), Entropy change calculated or estimated; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr35.2cal/mol*KN/AWojtyniak and Stone, 1986gas phase; switching reaction,Thermochemical ladder((CH3)3Si+)(C6H6), Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
14.6468.PHPMSWojtyniak and Stone, 1986gas phase; switching reaction,Thermochemical ladder((CH3)3Si+)(C6H6), Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

C3H9Sn+ + Mesitylene = (C3H9Sn+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: C3H9Sn+ + C9H12 = (C3H9Sn+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr32.0kcal/molPHPMSStone and Splinter, 1984gas phase; switching reaction((CH3)3Sn+)CH3OH, Entropy change calculated or estimated; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr31.8cal/mol*KN/AStone and Splinter, 1984gas phase; switching reaction((CH3)3Sn+)CH3OH, Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
15.3525.PHPMSStone and Splinter, 1984gas phase; switching reaction((CH3)3Sn+)CH3OH, Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

C9H13+ + Mesitylene = (C9H13+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: C9H13+ + C9H12 = (C9H13+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr12.4kcal/molPHPMSMeot-Ner (Mautner), 1980gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr28.cal/mol*KN/AMeot-Ner (Mautner), 1980gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
4.8272.PHPMSMeot-Ner (Mautner), 1980gas phase; Entropy change calculated or estimated; M

C11H10+ + Mesitylene = (C11H10+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: C11H10+ + C9H12 = (C11H10+ • C9H12)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr13.9kcal/molPHPMSEl-Shall and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1987gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr29.7cal/mol*KPHPMSEl-Shall and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1987gas phase; M

C6H7N+ + Mesitylene = (C6H7N+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: C6H7N+ + C9H12 = (C6H7N+ • C9H12)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr15.3kcal/molPHPMSMeot-Ner (Mautner) and El-Shall, 1986gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr25.6cal/mol*KPHPMSMeot-Ner (Mautner) and El-Shall, 1986gas phase; M

C9H12+ + Mesitylene = (C9H12+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: C9H12+ + C9H12 = (C9H12+ • C9H12)

Bond type: Charge transfer bond (positive ion)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr17.2kcal/molPHPMSMeot-Ner (Mautner), Hamlet, et al., 1978gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr30.cal/mol*KPHPMSMeot-Ner (Mautner), Hamlet, et al., 1978gas phase; M

Mesitylene + 3Hydrogen = Cyclohexane, 1,3,5-trimethyl-

By formula: C9H12 + 3H2 = C9H18

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-46.88 ± 0.20kcal/molChydDolliver, Gresham, et al., 1937gas phase; Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -47.6 ± 0.2 kcal/mol; At 355 °K; ALS

Chlorine anion + Mesitylene = (Chlorine anion • Mesitylene)

By formula: Cl- + C9H12 = (Cl- • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr4.50kcal/molTDEqFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; B

Free energy of reaction

ΔrG° (kcal/mol) T (K) Method Reference Comment
4.5300.PHPMSFrench, Ikuta, et al., 1982gas phase; M

NH4+ + Mesitylene = (NH4+ • Mesitylene)

By formula: H4N+ + C9H12 = (H4N+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr21.8kcal/molPHPMSDeakyne and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr21.2cal/mol*KPHPMSDeakyne and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985gas phase; M

2Mesitylene + 6Hydrogen = Cyclohexane, 1,3,5-trimethyl-, (1α,3α,5β)- + Cyclohexane, 1,3,5-trimethyl-, (1α,3α,5α)-

By formula: 2C9H12 + 6H2 = C9H18 + C9H18

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-47.3 ± 0.5kcal/molEqkEgan and Buss, 1959gas phase; At 480-571 K; ALS

(Chromium ion (1+) • Mesitylene) + Mesitylene = (Chromium ion (1+) • 2Mesitylene)

By formula: (Cr+ • C9H12) + C9H12 = (Cr+ • 2C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr50.7 ± 9.1kcal/molRAKLin and Dunbar, 1997RCD

Chromium ion (1+) + Mesitylene = (Chromium ion (1+) • Mesitylene)

By formula: Cr+ + C9H12 = (Cr+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr46.1 ± 6.9kcal/molRAKLin and Dunbar, 1997RCD

Calcium ion (1+) + Mesitylene = (Calcium ion (1+) • Mesitylene)

By formula: Ca+ + C9H12 = (Ca+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr32.3kcal/molRAKGapeev and Dunbar, 2000RCD

Strontium ion (1+) + Mesitylene = (Strontium ion (1+) • Mesitylene)

By formula: Sr+ + C9H12 = (Sr+ • C9H12)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr27.7kcal/molRAKGapeev and Dunbar, 2000RCD

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.

Wojtyniak and Stone, 1986
Wojtyniak, A.C.M.; Stone, A.J., A High-Pressure Mass Spectrometric Study of the Bonding of Trimethylsilylium to Oxygen and Aromatic Bases, Can. J. Chem., 1986, 74, 59. [all data]

Stone and Splinter, 1984
Stone, J.A.; Splinter, D.E., A high-pressure mass spectrometric study of the binding of (CH3)3Sn+ to lewis bases in the gas phase, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1984, 59, 169. [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1980
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Dimer Cations of Polycyclic Aromatics: Experimental Bonding Energies and Resonance Stabilization, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 21, 2724, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100458a012 . [all data]

El-Shall and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1987
El-Shall, M.S.; Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Ionic Charge Transfer Complexes. 3. Delocalised pi Systems as Electron Acceptors and Donors, J. Phys. Chem., 1987, 91, 5, 1088, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100289a017 . [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner) and El-Shall, 1986
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M.; El-Shall, M.S., Ionic Charge Transfer Complexes. 1. Cationic Complexes with Delocalized and Partially Localized pi Systems, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 15, 4386, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00275a026 . [all data]

Meot-Ner (Mautner), Hamlet, et al., 1978
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M.; Hamlet, P.; Hunter, E.P.; Field, F.H., Bonding Energies in Association Ions of Aromatic Molecules. Correlations with Ionization Energies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 17, 5466, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00485a034 . [all data]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1937
Dolliver, M.a.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. V. Heats of hydrogenation of various hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 831-841. [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]

French, Ikuta, et al., 1982
French, M.A.; Ikuta, S.; Kebarle, P., Hydrogen bonding of O-H and C-H hydrogen donors to Cl-. Results from mass spectrometric measurement of the ion-molecule equilibria RH + Cl- = RHCl-, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 1907. [all data]

Deakyne and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985
Deakyne, C.A.; Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Unconventional Ionic Hydrogen Bonds. 2. NH+ pi. Complexes of Onium Ions with Olefins and Benzene Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 2, 474, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00288a034 . [all data]

Egan and Buss, 1959
Egan, C.J.; Buss, W.C., Determination of the equilibrium constants for the hydrogenation of mesitylene. The thermodynamic properties of the 1,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanes, J. Phys. Chem., 1959, 63, 1887-1889. [all data]

Lin and Dunbar, 1997
Lin, C.-Y.; Dunbar, R.C., Radiative Association Kinetics and Binding Energies of Chromium Ions with Benzene and Benzene Derivatives, Organometallics, 1997, 16, 12, 2691, https://doi.org/10.1021/om960949n . [all data]

Gapeev and Dunbar, 2000
Gapeev, A.; Dunbar, R.C., Binding of Alkaline Earth Halide Ions MX+ to Benzene and Mesitylene, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2000, 13, 5, 477, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(02)00373-2 . [all data]


Notes

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