Mequinol

• Formula: C₇H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 124.1372
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H8O2/c1-9-7-4-2-6(8)3-5-7/h2-5,8H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NWVVVBRKAWDGAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 150-76-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Phenol, 4-methoxy-; Phenol, p-methoxy-; p-Guaiacol; p-Hydroxyanisole; p-Methoxyphenol; Hydroquinone methyl ether; Hydroquinone monomethyl ether; HQMME; Leucobasal; Leucodine B; Mechinolum; Novo-dermoquinona; 1-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzene; 4-Hydroxyanisole; 4-Methoxyphenol; Monomethyl ether hydroquinone; MME; USAF AN-7; Eastman HQMME; MEHQ; Mequinol (INN); BMS 181158; NSC 4960; p-Hydroxymethoxybenzene; PMF (antioxidant); Hydroxyanisole; Po-hydroxyanisole; Methoxyphenol
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  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Br^- + C₇H₈O₂ = (Br^- • C₇H₈O₂)

Free energy of reaction

C₇H₇O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₇O₂^- + H⁺ = C₇H₈O₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₇H₇O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₇O₂^- + H⁺ = C₇H₈O₂

IR Spectrum

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• SOLUTION (ETHYL ETHER); Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 4 cm^-1 resolution

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

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Matos, Miranda, et al., 2003
Matos, M. Agostinha R.; Miranda, Margarida S.; Morais, Victor M.F., Thermochemical Study of the Methoxy- and Dimethoxyphenol Isomers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2003, 48, 3, 669-679, https://doi.org/10.1021/je025641j . [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]

Kkykj and Repas, 1973
Kkykj, J.; Repas, M., Petrochemia, 1973, 13, 179. [all data]

Aihara, 1960
Aihara, Ariyuki, Estimation of the Energy of Hydrogen Bonds Formed in Crystals. II. Phenols, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1960, 33, 2, 194-200, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.33.194 . [all data]

Lee, Chang, et al., 1997
Lee, Ming-Jer; Chang, Yao-Kun; Lin, Ho-mu; Chen, Chang-Hsin, Solid-Liquid Equilibria for 4-Methoxyphenol with Catechol, Ethylenediamine, or Piperazine, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 2, 349-352, https://doi.org/10.1021/je960201b . [all data]

Paul and Kebarle, 1990
Paul, G.J.C.; Kebarle, P., Stabilities in the Gas Phase of the Hydrogen Bonded Complexes, YC6H4OH-X-, of Substituted Phenols, YC6H4OH, with the Halide Anions X-(Cl-, Br-), Can. J. Chem., 1990, 68, 11, 2070, https://doi.org/10.1139/v90-316 . [all data]

Fujio, McIver, et al., 1981
Fujio, M.; McIver, R.T., Jr.; Taft, R.W., Effects on the acidities of phenols from specific substituent-solvent interactions. Inherent substituent parameters from gas phase acidities, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 4017. [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]

Cooks, Bertrand, et al., 1973
Cooks, R.G.; Bertrand, M.; Beynon, J.H.; Rennekamp, M.E.; Setser, D.W., Energy partitioning data as an ion structure probe. Substituted anisoles, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 1732. [all data]

Brown, 1970
Brown, P., Kinetic studies in mass spectrometry. VIII. Competing [M-CH₃] and [M-CH₂O] reactions in substituted anisoles. Approximate activation energies from ionization appearance potentials, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1970, 4, 519. [all data]

Tait, Shannon, et al., 1962
Tait, J.M.S.; Shannon, T.W.; Harrison, A.G., The structure of substituted C₇ ions from benzyl derivatives at the appearance potential threshold, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1962, 84, 4. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  T	Temperature
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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