Dodecanoic acid

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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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
Tboil571.KN/ACostello and Bowden, 1958Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus317. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple316.98KN/ASchaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc743.43KN/AD'Souza and Teja, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; Ambrose's procedure; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc18.6779barN/AD'Souza and Teja, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.85 bar; Ambrose's procedure; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub147. ± 4.kJ/molTPDCappa, Lovejoy, et al., 2008AC
Δsub127.9kJ/molN/AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 293. - 303. K.; AC
Δsub133. ± 2.kJ/molVBaccanari, Novinski, et al., 1968ALS
Δsub117.2 ± 2.9kJ/molVLittlewood, 1957ALS

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
498.20.133Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
88.8408.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 393. - 573. K.; AC
95.8332.ME,TEFuchs, Hallman, et al., 1982Based on data from 321. - 341. K.; AC
81.3437.ICramer, 1943AC

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
379.52 - 449.005.555232510.999-106.676Hammer and Lydersen, 1957Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
132.6300.MEBaccanari, Novinski, et al., 1968Based on data from 293. - 308. K.; AC
140.2 ± 3.3304.MEDavies and Malpass, 1961Based on data from 296. - 314. K.; AC
140. ± 3.295.7VDavies and Malpass, 1961, 2ALS
117.2 ± 2.9303.MEHunt, Saunders, et al., 1957Based on data from 293. - 313. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
36.650316.9N/AGarner and Randall, 1924DH
34.7317.9DSCMisra, Misra, et al., 2007AC
36.1316.6DSCMoreno, Cordobilla, et al., 2007AC
36.65316.9N/ADomalski and Hearing, 1996AC
44.940327.N/AStohmann and Wilsing, 1885DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
115.7316.9Garner and Randall, 1924DH
137.327.Stohmann and Wilsing, 1885DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
36.295316.98crystaline, IliquidSchaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982, 2DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
114.51316.98crystaline, IliquidSchaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982, 2DH

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Costello and Bowden, 1958
Costello, J.M.; Bowden, S.T., The temperature variation of orthobaric density difference in liquid- vapour systems: IV fatty acids, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1958, 77, 803. [all data]

Schaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982
Schaake, R.C.F.; van Miltenburg, J.C.; De Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of the normal alkanoic acids. II. Molar heat capacities of seven even-numbered normal alkanoic acids., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1982, 14, 771-8. [all data]

D'Souza and Teja, 1987
D'Souza, R.; Teja, A.S., The prediction of the vapor pressures of carboxylic acids, Chem. Eng. Commun., 1987, 61, 13. [all data]

Cappa, Lovejoy, et al., 2008
Cappa, Christopher D.; Lovejoy, Edward R.; Ravishankara, A.R., Evaporation Rates and Vapor Pressures of the Even-Numbered C 8 -C 18 Monocarboxylic Acids, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2008, 112, 17, 3959-3964, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp710586m . [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]

Baccanari, Novinski, et al., 1968
Baccanari, D.P.; Novinski, J.A.; Pan, Y.; Yevitz, M.M.; Swain, H.A., Jr., Heats of sublimation and vaporization at 25° of long chain fatty acids and methyl esters, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1968, 64, 1201. [all data]

Littlewood, 1957
Littlewood, R., The vapour pressures of some solid organic compounds, J. Chem. Soc., 1957, 2419-24. [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]

Fuchs, Hallman, et al., 1982
Fuchs, R.; Hallman, J.H.; Perlman, M.O., Thermochemistry of conjugation of simple cyclopropane derivatives, Can. J. Chem., 1982, 60, 1832-1835. [all data]

Cramer, 1943
Cramer, K.S.N., Chem. Zentr. II, 1943, 2234. [all data]

Hammer and Lydersen, 1957
Hammer, E.; Lydersen, A.L., The Vapour Pressure of di-n-Butylphthalate, di-n-Butylsebacate, Lauric Acid and Myristic Acid, Chem. Eng. Sci., 1957, 7, 1-2, 66-72, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2509(57)80020-7 . [all data]

Davies and Malpass, 1961
Davies, Mansel; Malpass, V.E., 212. Heats of sublimation of straight-chain monocarboxylic acids, J. Chem. Soc., 1961, 1048, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9610001048 . [all data]

Davies and Malpass, 1961, 2
Davies, M.; Malpass, V.E., Heats of sublimation of straight-chain monocarboxylic acids, J. Chem. Soc., 1961, 1048-10. [all data]

Hunt, Saunders, et al., 1957
Hunt, B.B.; Saunders, B.C.; Joshi, Shiam Sunder; Deorha, Daleep Singh; Bickel, A.F.; Kooyman, E.C.; Hill, R.A.W.; Williamson, J.F.; Littlewood, R.; Ross, W.C.J.; Davis, W.; Carruthers, W.; Gray, J.D.; Williams, A.J.; Le F«65533»vre, R.J.W.; Colbran, R.L.; Nevell, T.P.; Humphries, A.R.; Nicholson, G.R., Notes, J. Chem. Soc., 1957, 2413, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9570002413 . [all data]

Garner and Randall, 1924
Garner, W.E.; Randall, F.C., Alternation in the heats of crystallization of the normal monobasic fatty acids. Part I., J. Chem. Soc., 1924, 125, 881-896. [all data]

Misra, Misra, et al., 2007
Misra, A.K.; Misra, M.; Panpalia, G.M.; Dorle, A.K., Thermoanalytical and Microscopic Investigation of Interaction between Paracetamol and Fatty Acid Crystals, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 2007, 44, 7, 685-690, https://doi.org/10.1080/10601320701351177 . [all data]

Moreno, Cordobilla, et al., 2007
Moreno, Evelyn; Cordobilla, Raquel; Calvet, Teresa; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Gbabode, Gabin; Negrier, Philippe; Mondieig, Denise; Oonk, Harry A.J., Polymorphism of even saturated carboxylic acids from n-decanoic to n-eicosanoic acid, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 6, 947, https://doi.org/10.1039/b700551b . [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]

Stohmann and Wilsing, 1885
Stohmann, F.; Wilsing, H., Ueber die specifische Wärme und die Schmelzwärme der Myristinsäure und der Laurinsäure, J. Prakt. Chem., 1885, 140, 80-93. [all data]

Schaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982, 2
Schaake, R.C.F.; van Miltenburg, J.C.; De Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of the normal alkanoic acids. II. Molar heat capacities of seven even-numbered normal alkanoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 771-778. [all data]


Notes

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