Paraldehyde

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-152.1 ± 0.7kcal/molCcbPihlaja and Tuomi, 1970ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas89.5 ± 1.2cal/mol*KN/AClegg G.A., 1969GT

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-162.96 ± 0.62kcal/molCcbPihlaja and Tuomi, 1970ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-811.24 ± 0.62kcal/molCcbPihlaja and Tuomi, 1970Corresponding Δfliquid = -162.96 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-810.0kcal/molCcbFletcher, Mortimer, et al., 1959Corresponding Δfliquid = -164.2 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-810.2 ± 0.5kcal/molCcbCass, Springall, et al., 1955Corresponding Δfliquid = -164.0 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid69.17cal/mol*KN/AClegg and Melia, 1969Extrapolation below 80 K, 61.1 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
61.50298.15Clegg and Melia, 1969T = 80 to 310 K.; DH
60.71306.6Phillip, 1939DH
59.80298.von Reis, 1881T = 293 to 400 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil401.15KN/AGrimm and Patrick, 1923Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tboil397.15KN/APaul and Schantz, 1919Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tboil395.KN/AHollmann, 1903Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tboil397.2KN/AVon Reis, 1881Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tboil396.5KN/ABruhl, 1880Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus284.15KN/ABiltz, Fischer, et al., 1930Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus285.65KN/ACooper, 1928Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Tfus286.KN/ALouguinine and Dupont, 1911Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tfus285.70KN/AHollmann, 1903Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple285.7KN/AClegg and Melia, 1969Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc563.KN/AHollmann, 1903Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap10.9kcal/molN/APihlaja and Tuomi, 1970DRB
Δvap9.9 ± 0.1kcal/molVFletcher, Mortimer, et al., 1959ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
9.92338.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 323. to 396. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.231285.7Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
0.433142.7Domalski and Hearing, 1996CAL
1.25147.5
11.31285.7

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.06159142.7crystaline, IVcrystaline, IIIClegg and Melia, 1969DH
0.1848147.5crystaline, IIIcrystaline, IIClegg and Melia, 1969H and S of transition for c,II/c,I at 230.3 K has been added into H and S of fusion at 285.7 K.; DH
3.2314285.7crystaline, IliquidClegg and Melia, 1969DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.433142.7crystaline, IVcrystaline, IIIClegg and Melia, 1969DH
1.25147.5crystaline, IIIcrystaline, IIClegg and Melia, 1969H; DH
11.31285.7crystaline, IliquidClegg and Melia, 1969DH

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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

3Acetaldehyde = Paraldehyde

By formula: 3C2H4O = C6H12O3

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-21. ± 1.kcal/molCmKrasnov, Ozherel'eva, et al., 1983liquid phase; solvent: Nonaqueous; Trimerization
Δr-23.4kcal/molEqkBusfield, Lee, et al., 1973gas phase

Paraldehyde = 3Acetaldehyde

By formula: C6H12O3 = 3C2H4O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr23.4kcal/molEqkBusfield, Lee, et al., 1973gas phase; At 292-313 K

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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References

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Pihlaja and Tuomi, 1970
Pihlaja, K.; Tuomi, M., Bond-Bond interactions in organic oxygen compounds. Part II. Anomalous stablization in cis-2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5-trioxane, Suom. Kemistil., 1970, 43, 224-226. [all data]

Clegg G.A., 1969
Clegg G.A., Thermodynamics of polymerization of heterocyclic compounds. Part IV. The heat capacity, entropy, enthalpy and free energy of paraldehyde, Makromol. Chem., 1969, 123, 194-202. [all data]

Fletcher, Mortimer, et al., 1959
Fletcher, S.E.; Mortimer, C.T.; Springall, H.D., Heats of combustion and molecular structure. Part VII. 1:3-dioxa- and 1:3:5-trioxa-cycloalkanes, J. Chem. Soc., 1959, 580-584. [all data]

Cass, Springall, et al., 1955
Cass, R.C.; Springall, H.D.; White, T.R., The anomalous heat of combustion of paraldehyde, Chem. Ind. (London), 1955, 387-388. [all data]

Clegg and Melia, 1969
Clegg, G.A.; Melia, T.P., Thermodynamics of polymerization of heterocyclic compounds. Part IV. The heat capacity, entropy, enthalpy and free energy of paraldehyde, Makromol. Chem., 1969, 123, 194-202. [all data]

Phillip, 1939
Phillip, N.M., Adiabatic and isothermal compressibilities of liquids, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 1939, A9, 109-120. [all data]

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

Grimm and Patrick, 1923
Grimm, F.V.; Patrick, W.A., The Dielectric Constastants of Organic Liquids at the Boilin Point, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1923, 45, 2794. [all data]

Paul and Schantz, 1919
Paul, T.; Schantz, K., The boiling point as indicator of purity and a new apparatus for its determination without thermometer correction., Arch. Pharm. (Weinheim, Ger.), 1919, 257, 87. [all data]

Hollmann, 1903
Hollmann, R., Physical and natural equilibria between the modifications of aldehyde, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1903, 43, 129-59. [all data]

Von Reis, 1881
Von Reis, M.A., IV. The Specific Heat of Liquid Organic Compounds and its Relation to Molecular Weight., Ann. Phys. (Leipzig), 1881, 13, 447. [all data]

Bruhl, 1880
Bruhl, J.W., The Chemical Constitution of Organic Compounds in Relation to their Density and their Ability to Propagate Light, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1880, 203, 1. [all data]

Biltz, Fischer, et al., 1930
Biltz, W.; Fischer, W.; Wunnenberg, E., Molecular and Atomic Volumes. The Volume Requirements of Crystalline Organic Compounds and Low Temperatures, Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. A, 1930, 151, 13-55. [all data]

Cooper, 1928
Cooper, D.L., The Heat Cpacities of Acetaldehyde and Paraldehyde, and the Heat of Transformation of Acetaldehyde into Paraldehyde, Proc. Trans. N. S. Inst. Sci., Pt. 1, 1928, 17. 82-90. [all data]

Louguinine and Dupont, 1911
Louguinine, W.; Dupont, G., The heat of fusion of substances which melt at ordinary temperatures., Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1911, 9, 219-224. [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]

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]

Krasnov, Ozherel'eva, et al., 1983
Krasnov, V.L.; Ozherel'eva, N.K.; Trub, E.P.; Tsvetkov, V.G.; Bodrikov, I.V., Trimerization of aldehydes under the action of sulfur dioxide, J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1983, 53, 2135-2138. [all data]

Busfield, Lee, et al., 1973
Busfield, W.K.; Lee, R.M.; Merifold, D., Gas phase equilibrium between acetaldehyde and paraldehyde, thermodynamic values for the trimerisation of acetaldehyde and the polymerisability of paraldehyde, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1973, 69, 936-940. [all data]


Notes

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