Oleic Acid

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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
Δfliquid-764.8kJ/molChydRogers, Hoyte, et al., 1978Authors gave two values
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-11160.7kJ/molCcbKeffler, 1930At 293 °K; Corresponding Δfliquid = -781.65 kJ/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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus289.45KN/AMod, Magne, et al., 1962Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Tfus289.45KN/AMod, Magne, et al., 1960Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
467.70.001Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
83.8456.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 441. to 633. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
449.7 to 633.5.048422555.604-127.258Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
39.6286.5Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
39.600286.45crystaline, αliquidSato, Yoshimoto, et al., 1990High-melting, α-form.; DH
51.900289.35crystaline, βliquidSato, Yoshimoto, et al., 1990Low-melting, β-form.; DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
138.4286.45crystaline, αliquidSato, Yoshimoto, et al., 1990High-melting,; DH
179.3289.35crystaline, βliquidSato, Yoshimoto, et al., 1990Low-melting,; DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

Oleic Acid + Hydrogen = Octadecanoic acid

By formula: C18H34O2 + H2 = C18H36O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-123.6 ± 1.6kJ/molChydRogers, Hoyte, et al., 1978liquid phase; solvent: Hexane; Authors gave two values
Δr-125.1 ± 0.8kJ/molChydRogers, Hoyte, et al., 1978liquid phase; solvent: Hexane; Authors gave two values

IR Spectrum

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


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 1994
NIST MS number 134027

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References

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Rogers, Hoyte, et al., 1978
Rogers, D.W.; Hoyte, O.P.A.; Ho, R.K.C., Heats of hydrogenation of large molecules. Part 2. Six unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1978, 74, 46-52. [all data]

Keffler, 1930
Keffler, L.J.P., Calorimetric researches on geometrical isomerism. Part I. Preliminary studies on oleic and elaidic acids and esters from a comparison of their heats of combustion, J. Phys. Chem., 1930, 34, 1319-1325. [all data]

Mod, Magne, et al., 1962
Mod, R.R.; Magne, F.C.; Skau, E.L., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1962, 7, 31. [all data]

Mod, Magne, et al., 1960
Mod, R.R.; Magne, F.C.; Skau, E.L., Pure Acid-Free Amides of C18 Fatty Acids. Their Preparation and Binary Freezing Point Behavior, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 478. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [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]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Sato, Yoshimoto, et al., 1990
Sato, K.; Yoshimoto, N.; Suzuki, M.; Kobayashi, M.; Kaneko, F., Structure and transformation in polymorphism of petroselinic acid (cis-w-12-octadecenoic acid), J. Phys. Chem., 1990, 94, 3180-3185. [all data]


Notes

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