Pyridine, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₇N
• Molecular weight: 93.1265
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H7N/c1-6-4-2-3-5-7-6/h2-5H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BSKHPKMHTQYZBB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-06-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2-Picoline; α-Methylpyridine; α-Picoline; o-Picoline; 2-Methylpyridine; Picoline, α; Rcra waste number U191; o-Methylpyridine; NSC 3409
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

C₆H₆N^- +  =

By formula: C₆H₆N^- + H⁺ = C₆H₇N

C₆H₈N⁺ +  = (C₆H₈N⁺ • )

By formula: C₆H₈N⁺ + C₆H₇N = (C₆H₈N⁺ • C₆H₇N)

 +  = ( • )

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

 +  = ( • )

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

 +  = ( • )

By formula: K⁺ + C₆H₇N = (K⁺ • C₆H₇N)

References

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Kosorotov, Zemlyakova, et al., 1978
Kosorotov, V.I.; Zemlyakova, Z.F.; Platonov, V.A.; Ovchinnikov, V.G.; Simulin, Yu.N.; Dzhagatspanyan, R.V., Determination of thermal effects of the synthesis of chloropicolines and chloroaminopicolines, J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 1978, 51, 2262-2263, In original 2376. [all data]

Scott, Hubbard, et al., 1963
Scott, D.W.; Hubbard, W.N.; Messerly, J.F.; Todd, S.S.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Good, W.D.; Douslin, D.R.; McCullough, J.P., Chemical thermodynamic properties and internal rotation of methylpyridines. I. 2-methylpyridine, J. Phys. Chem., 1963, 67, 680-685. [all data]

Andon, Cox, et al., 1957
Andon, R.J.L.; Cox, J.D.; Herington, E.F.G.; Martin, J.F., The second virial coefficients of pyridine and benzene, and certain of their methyl homologues, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1957, 53, 1074. [all data]

Cox, Challoner, et al., 1954
Cox, J.D.; Challoner, A.R.; Meetham, A.R., The heats of combustion of pyridine and certain of its derivatives, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 265-271. [all data]

Constam and White, 1903
Constam, E.J.; White, J., Physico-chemical investigations in the pyridine series, Am. Chem. J., 1903, 29, 1-49. [all data]

DePuy, Kass, et al., 1988
DePuy, C.H.; Kass, S.R.; Bean, G.P., Formation and Reactions of Heteroaromatic Anions in the Gas Phase, J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 19, 4427, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00254a001 . [all data]

Meot-Ner M. and Sieck, 1983
Meot-Ner M.; Sieck, L.W., The Ionic Hydrogen Bond. 1. Sterically Hindered Bonds. Solvation and Clustering of Sterically Hindered Amines and Pyridines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1983, 105, 10, 2956, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00348a005 . [all data]

Rodgers, 2001
Rodgers, M.T., Substituent Effects in the Binding of Alkali Metal Ions to Pyridines, Studied by Threshold Collision-Induced Dissociation and ab Initio Theory: The Methylpyridines, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2001, 105, 11, 2374, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp004055z . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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