4-Aminobenzoic acid

• Formula: C₇H₇NO₂
• Molecular weight: 137.1360
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H7NO2/c8-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(9)10/h1-4H,8H2,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ALYNCZNDIQEVRV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 150-13-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: p-Aminobenzoic acid; Aminobenzoic Acid; Benzoic acid, 4-amino-; Benzoic acid, p-amino-; p-Carboxyaniline; p-Carboxyphenylamine; Amben; anti-Chromotrichia Factor; Anticanitic vitamin; Chromotrichia factor; Hachemina; Pabacyd; Pabafilm; Pabamine; Paraminol; Paranate; PAB; PABA; Trichochromogenic Factor; Vitamin BX; Vitamin H'; 4-Carboxyaniline; γ-Aminobenzoic acid; Aminobenzoic acid, para; Bacterial vitamin H1; Pabanol; Super Shade by Coppertone; 1-Amino-4-carboxybenzene; Kyselina p-aminobenzoova; Sunbrella; RVPaba Lipstick; para-Aminobenzoic acid; Romavit; Aniline-4-carboxylic acid; Anticantic vitamin; Pabagel; component of Presun; 8014-65-1; component of Presun (Salt/Mix)
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₇H₆NO₂^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₆NO₂^- + H⁺ = C₇H₇NO₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and 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

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Ionization energy determinations

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De-protonation reactions

C₇H₆NO₂^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₆NO₂^- + H⁺ = C₇H₇NO₂

References

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Nabavian, Sabbah, et al., 1977
Nabavian, P.M.; Sabbah, R.; Chastel, R.; Laffitte, M., Thermodynamique de composes azotes. II. Etude thermochimique des acides aminobenzoiques, de la pyrimidine, de l'uracile et de la thymine., J. Chim. Phys., 1977, 74, 115-126. [all data]

Lebedeva, Gutner, et al., 1971
Lebedeva, N.D.; Gutner, N.M.; Ryadnenko, V.L., Heats of combustion and formation of certain aromatic amino-derivatives, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1971, 45, 561-562. [all data]

Lebedeva, Rjadnenko, et al., 1969
Lebedeva, N.D.; Rjadnenko, B.L.; Gutner, N.M., Heats of formation of some N-containing organic compounds, Int. Conf. Calorim. Therm. (Warsaw, Poland), 1969, 1-8. [all data]

Pushkareva and Kokoshko, 1946
Pushkareva, Z.V.; Kokoshko, Z.U., On the question of the relation between the structure and bacteriostatic activity of sulphanilamide compounds. I. The resonance energy of some sulphanilamide compounds, Zh. Obshch. Kim., 1946, 16, 1269-1278. [all data]

Satoh and Sogabe, 1941
Satoh, S.; Sogabe, T., The heat capacities of some organic compounds containing nitrogen and the atomic heat of nitrogen. (2), Sci., Pap. Inst. Phys. Chem. Res. (Tokyo), 1941, 38, 231-237. [all data]

Andrews, Lynn, et al., 1926
Andrews, D.H.; Lynn, G.; Johnston, J., The heat capacities and heat of crystallization of some isomeric aromatic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1274-1287. [all data]

Kebarle and McMahon, 1977
Kebarle, P.; McMahon, T.B., Intrinsic Acidities of Substituted Phenols and Benzoic Acids Determined by Gas Phase Proton Transfer Equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7, 2222, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00449a032 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Tobita, Tajima, et al., 1984
Tobita, S.; Tajima, S.; Tsuchiya, T., The substituent effect on the single and double hydrogen atom transfer reactions in para-substituted benzoic acid isobutyl esters, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1984, 19, 326. [all data]

Meeks, Wahlborg, et al., 1981
Meeks, J.; Wahlborg, A.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of carbonyls: Benzoic acid and its derivatives, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 22, 43. [all data]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., Substituent effects in mass spectrometry. III. Substituent effects in the dissociation of the molecular ions of para and meta subtituted benzoic acids, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 295. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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