1,4-Naphthalenedione

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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-23.3 ± 0.45kcal/molCcbRibeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
14.99100.Singh S.N., 1969Comparison with values estimated by difference method [ Dorofeeva O.V., 1997] supposes that selected value of S(298.15 K) can be underestimated by 20 J/mol*K. Uncertainty of Cp(298.15 K) is evaluated as 10 J/mol*K.; GT
24.097200.
35.500298.15
35.903300.
46.967400.
56.472500.
64.175600.
71.960700.
75.339800.
79.412900.
82.6911000.
85.5231100.
87.6361200.
89.8471300.
91.5111400.
92.9211500.

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
Δfsolid-45.05 ± 0.41kcal/molCcbRibeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1100.4 ± 0.26kcal/molCcbRibeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989Corresponding Δfsolid = -45.05 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcsolid-1101.559kcal/molCcbMagnus, 1956Corresponding Δfsolid = -43.898 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)
Δcsolid-1100.8kcal/molCcbSwietoslawski and Starczedska, 1925Corresponding Δfsolid = -44.7 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections)

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus399.15KN/ASchmitt and Reid, 1986Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub21.7 ± 0.2kcal/molCRibeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989ALS
Δsub21.7kcal/molN/ARibeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989DRB
Δsub21.7 ± 0.2kcal/molCRibeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989AC
Δsub17.3kcal/molCMagnus, 1956ALS

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
21.7 ± 0.5313.TE,MEde Kruif, 1981AC

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)9.5 ± 0.1eVN/AN/AL

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
1.81 ± 0.11TDEqChowdhury, Heinis, et al., 1986ΔGea(423 K) = 40.2 kcal/mol; ΔSea = -4.0 eu; B
1.804 ± 0.048IMREFukuda and McIver, 1985ΔGea(355 K) = -40.2 kcal/mol; ΔSea =-4.0, est. from data in Heinis, Chowdhury, et al., 1988; B
>0.799982ECDChen and Wentworth, 1983B
>0.598425ESCollins, Christophorou, et al., 1970B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.4PEMillefiori, Gulino, et al., 1990LL
9.67 ± 0.02PERedchenko, Freimanis, et al., 1980LLK
9.49PELauer, Schafer, et al., 1975LLK
9.56 ± 0.01PIPotapov and Sorokin, 1971LLK
9.60PEMillefiori, Gulino, et al., 1990Vertical value; LL

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C6H4+15.7 ± 0.2?EIGrutzmacher and Lohmann, 1967RDSH

IR Spectrum

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


UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Source Kuboyama, 1960
Owner INEP CP RAS, NIST OSRD
Collection (C) 2007 copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce
on behalf of the United States of America. All rights reserved.
Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 1783
Instrument Cary 14M
Melting point 128.5
Boiling point sub

References

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Ribeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1989
Ribeiro Da Silva, M.A.V.; Ribeiro Da Silva, D.M.C.; Teixeira, J.A.S., Enthalpies of combustion of 1,4-naphthoquinone, 9,10-anthraquinone, 9,10-phenanthraquinone, 1,4,9,10-anthradiquinone, 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, and 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1989, 21, 265-274. [all data]

Singh S.N., 1969
Singh S.N., Thermodynamic properties of some condensed ring quinones, Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys., 1969, 7, 52-53. [all data]

Dorofeeva O.V., 1997
Dorofeeva O.V., Unpublished results. Thermocenter of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 1997. [all data]

Magnus, 1956
Magnus, A., Die resonanzenergien der parachinone Aui grund der prazisionsmessungsen ihrer verbrennungswarmen durch herrn gerhard wittwer, Z. Phys. Chem. (Neue Folge), 1956, 9, 141-161. [all data]

Swietoslawski and Starczedska, 1925
Swietoslawski, W.; Starczedska, H., Correction des donnees thermochimiques de M.A. Valeur, J. Chem. Phys., 1925, 22, 399-401. [all data]

Schmitt and Reid, 1986
Schmitt, W.J.; Reid, R.C., Solubility of Monofunctional Organic Solids in Chemical Diverse Supercritical Fluids, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1986, 31, 204. [all data]

de Kruif, 1981
de Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ), 1,4-hydroquinone (HQ), 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ), 1,4-naphthohydroquinone (NHQ), and the complexes BQ--HQ 1:1, NQ--HQ 1:1, NQ--NHQ 2:1, and NQ--NHQ 1:1, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 74, 10, 5838, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.440898 . [all data]

Chowdhury, Heinis, et al., 1986
Chowdhury, S.; Heinis, T.; Grimsrud, E.P.; Kebarle, P., Entropy Changes and Electron Affinities from Gas-Phase Electron Transfer Equilibria: A- + B = A + B-, J. Phys. Chem., 1986, 90, 12, 2747, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100403a037 . [all data]

Fukuda and McIver, 1985
Fukuda, E.K.; McIver, R.T., Jr., Relative electron affinities of substituted benzophenones, nitrobenzenes, and quinones. [Anchored to EA(SO2) from 74CEL/BEN], J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 2291. [all data]

Heinis, Chowdhury, et al., 1988
Heinis, T.; Chowdhury, S.; Scott, S.L.; Kebarle, P., Electron Affinities of Benzo-, Naphtho-, and Anthraquinones Determined from Gas-Phase Equilibria Measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 2, 400, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00210a015 . [all data]

Chen and Wentworth, 1983
Chen, E.C.M.; Wentworth, W.E., Determination of molecular electron affinities using the electron capture detector in the pulse sampling mode at steady state, J. Phys. Chem., 1983, 87, 45. [all data]

Collins, Christophorou, et al., 1970
Collins, P.M.; Christophorou, L.G.; Chaney, E.L.; Carter, J.G., Energy Dependence of the Electron Attachment Cross Section and the Transient Negative Ion Lifetime for p-Benzoquinone and 1,4-naphthoquinone, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1970, 4, 10, 646, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(70)80108-7 . [all data]

Millefiori, Gulino, et al., 1990
Millefiori, S.; Gulino, A.; Casarin, M., UV Photoelectron spectra, reduction potentials and MO calculations of intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded naphtoquinones, J. Chim. Phys., 1990, 87, 317. [all data]

Redchenko, Freimanis, et al., 1980
Redchenko, V.V.; Freimanis, Y.F.; Dregeris, Y.Y., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of 2,3-Disubtituted naphthoquinones, J. Gen. Chem. USSR, 1980, 50, 1507, In original 1847. [all data]

Lauer, Schafer, et al., 1975
Lauer, G.; Schafer, W.; Schweig, A., Assignment of the four lowest ionized states of p-benzoquinone and the question of "lone pair" splitting in this system, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 33, 312. [all data]

Potapov and Sorokin, 1971
Potapov, V.K.; Sorokin, V.V., Photoionization and ion-molecule reactions in quinones and alcohols, High Energy Chem., 1971, 5, 435, In original 487. [all data]

Grutzmacher and Lohmann, 1967
Grutzmacher, H.-F.; Lohmann, J., Massenspektrometrie instabiler organischer Molekule. I. Ionisations-potential und Bildungsenthalpie von Dehydrobenzol, Ann. Chem., 1967, 705, 81. [all data]

Kuboyama, 1960
Kuboyama, A., The n-π* transition band of acenaphthenequinone, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1960, 33, 8, 1027-1030. [all data]


Notes

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