Fumaric Acid

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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
Δfliquid-810.2 ± 1.3kJ/molChydFlitcroft, Skinner, et al., 1957Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -812.0 ± 0.4 kJ/mol; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-811.03 ± 0.88kJ/molCcbWilhoit and Shiao, 1964ALS
Δfsolid-810.98kJ/molCcbSchwabe and Wagner, 1958ALS
Δfsolid-812.24kJ/molCcbHuffman and Fox, 1938Author's hf298_condensed=-194.88 kcal/mol; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1334.7 ± 0.8kJ/molCcbWilhoit and Shiao, 1964Corresponding Δfsolid = -810.98 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1334.7kJ/molCcbSchwabe and Wagner, 1958Corresponding Δfsolid = -810.94 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1333.5kJ/molCcbHuffman and Fox, 1938Author's hf298_condensed=-194.88 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfsolid = -812.20 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
solid,1 bar166.1J/mol*KN/AParks and Huffman, 1930Extrapolation below 90 K, 51.51 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
141.8297.1Parks and Huffman, 1930T = 91 to 297.1 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus560.45KN/AWilhoit and Shiao, 1964, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC
Tfus562.55KN/AWilhoit and Shiao, 1964, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tfus375.KN/ATimmermans, 1935Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Tfus473.KN/AKern, Shriner, et al., 1925Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC
Tfus557.15KN/AWeiss and Downs, 1923Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
123.6 ± 2.0381.TE,MEDe Kruif and Van Ginkel, 1977Based on data from 371. to 391. K.; AC
136. ± 6.3365.QFWolf and Weghofer, 1938See also Trieschmann, 1935 and Jones, 1960.; AC
136. ± 6.3365.VWolf and Weghofer, 1938, 2ALS
134. ± 4.2358. to 371.N/AWolf and Trieschmann, 1934AC

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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

Fumaric Acid + Hydrogen = Butanedioic acid

By formula: C4H4O4 + H2 = C4H6O4

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-130.3 ± 0.1kJ/molChydFlitcroft, Skinner, et al., 1957liquid phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
10.7PEKobayashi, Yokota, et al., 1975 
10.9PEKobayashi, Yokota, et al., 1975Vertical value

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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Flitcroft, Skinner, et al., 1957
Flitcroft, T.; Skinner, H.A.; Whiting, M.C., Heats of hydrogenation Part 1.-Dodeca-3:9 and -5:7 Diynes, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1957, 53, 784-790. [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]

Wilhoit and Shiao, 1964
Wilhoit, R.C.; Shiao, D., Thermochemistry of biologically important compounds. Heats of combustion of solid organic acids., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1964, 9, 595-599. [all data]

Schwabe and Wagner, 1958
Schwabe, K.; Wagner, W., Verbrennungs-und bildungswarmen von fumar- und maleinsaure, Chem. Ber., 1958, 91, 686-689. [all data]

Huffman and Fox, 1938
Huffman, H.M.; Fox, S.W., Thermal data. X. The heats of combustion and free energies, at 25°, of some organic compounds concerned in carbohydrate metabolism, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 1400-1403. [all data]

Parks and Huffman, 1930
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data on organic compounds. IX. A study of the effect of unsaturation on the heat capacities, entropies and free energies of some hydrocarbons and other compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 4381-4391. [all data]

Wilhoit and Shiao, 1964, 2
Wilhoit, R.C.; Shiao, D., Thermochemistry of Biologically Important Compounds. Heats of Combustion of Solid Organic Acids, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1964, 9, 595. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [all data]

Kern, Shriner, et al., 1925
Kern, J.W.; Shriner, R.L.; Adams, R., Platinum and Palladium Oxides as Catalysts in the Reduction of Organic Compounds IX. The Reduction of Olefins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 1147. [all data]

Weiss and Downs, 1923
Weiss, J.M.; Downs, C.R., The Physical Properties of Maleic, Fumaric and Malic Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1923, 45, 1003. [all data]

De Kruif and Van Ginkel, 1977
De Kruif, C.G.; Van Ginkel, C.H.D., Torsion-weighing effusion vapour-pressure measurements on organic compounds, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1977, 9, 8, 725-730, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(77)90015-5 . [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H.Z., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. B, 1938, 39, 194. [all data]

Trieschmann, 1935
Trieschmann, H.G., , Ph.D. Dissertation, Inst. Fur Phys. Chem. and Electrochem. der Universitat Kiel, Germany, 1935. [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938, 2
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H., Uber sublimationswarmen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1938, 39, 194-208. [all data]

Wolf and Trieschmann, 1934
Wolf, K.L.; Trieschmann, H.G., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. B, 1934, 27, 376. [all data]

Kobayashi, Yokota, et al., 1975
Kobayashi, T.; Yokota, K.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of the cis- trans-isomers of some ethylene derivatives, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1975, 48, 412. [all data]


Notes

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