2-Naphthalenol

• Formula: C₁₀H₈O
• Molecular weight: 144.1699
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H8O/c11-10-6-5-8-3-1-2-4-9(8)7-10/h1-7,11H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JWAZRIHNYRIHIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 135-19-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: β-Naphthol; 2-Naphthol; β-Hydroxynaphthalene; Azogen Developer A; Betanaphthol; C.I. Azoic Coupling Component 1; C.I. Developer 5; C.I. 37500; Developer A; Developer AMS; Developer BN; Isonaphthol; Naphthol B; 2-Hydroxynaphthalene; β-Monoxynaphthalene; β-Naftol; β-Naftolo; β-Naphthyl alcohol; β-Naphthyl hydroxide; β-Naphtol; β-Napthol; Naphthol, β; 2-Naftol; 2-Naftolo; 2-Naphtol; Antioxygene BN; NSC 2044
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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₁₀H₇O^- +  =

By formula: C₁₀H₇O^- + H⁺ = C₁₀H₈O

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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Ribeiro Da Silva, Ribeiro Da Silva, et al., 1988
Ribeiro Da Silva, M.A.V.; Ribeiro Da Silva, M.D.M.C.; Pilcher, G., Enthalpies of combustion of 1-hydroxynaphthalene, 2-hydroxynaphthalene, and 1,2-, 1,3-, 1,4-, and 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalenes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1988, 20, 969-974. [all data]

Colomina, Roux, et al., 1974
Colomina, M.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of naphthalene compounds. I. Enthalpies of combustion and formation of the 1- and 2-naphthoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1974, 6, 149-155. [all data]

Colomina, Roux, et al., 1974, 2
Colomina, M.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of naphthalene compounds. II. Enthalpies of combustion and formation of the 1- and 2-naphthols, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1974, 6, 571-576. [all data]

Pushin, 1954
Pushin, N.A., Heats of combustion and heats of formation of isomeric organic compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belgrade, 1954, 19, 531-547. [all data]

Kudchadker S.A., 1978
Kudchadker S.A., Ideal gas thermodynamic properties of 1- and 2-naphthol, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1978, 74, 1515-1520. [all data]

Oikawa, Abe, et al., 1985
Oikawa, A.; Abe, H.; Mikami, N.; Ito, M., Electronic spectra and ionization potentials of rotational isomers of severaldDisubstituted benzenes, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1985, 116, 50. [all data]

Potapov, Kardash, et al., 1972
Potapov, V.K.; Kardash, I.E.; Sorokin, V.V.; Sokolov, S.A.; Evlasheva, T.I., Photoionization of heteroaromatic compounds, Khim. Vys. Energ., 1972, 6, 392. [all data]

Utsunomiya, Kobayashi, et al., 1975
Utsunomiya, C.; Kobayashi, T.; Nagakura, S., Photoelectron spectra of substituted naphthalenes, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1975, 48, 1852. [all data]

Occolowitz and White, 1968
Occolowitz, J.L.; White, G.L., Energetic considerations in the assignment of some fragment ion structures, Australian J. Chem., 1968, 21, 997. [all data]

Taft, 1987
Taft, R.W., The Nature and Analysis of Substitutent Electronic Effects, Personal communication. See also Prog. Phys. Org. Chem., 1987, 16, 1. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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