n-Decanoic acid

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-149.2 ± 1.2kcal/molN/AAdriaanse, Dekker, et al., 1965Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -713.7±0.9 kj/mol from Adriaanse, Dekker, et al., 1965 and ΔvapH° value of 89.5±5.0 kj/mol from n-alkanoic correlation.

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1453.0 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbAdriaanse, Dekker, et al., 1965Hfusion=29.4 kJ/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -170.7 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
113.67298.15Schaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982T = 80 to 345 K.; DH
86.30285.Garner and Randall, 1924T = 0 to 65°C. Mean value 0 to 24°C.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
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
Tboil530. ± 60.KAVGN/AAverage of 10 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus304. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple304.55KN/ASchaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple303.95KN/ASpizzichino, 1956Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ptriple9.60524×10-7atmN/ASpizzichino, 1956Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.6315×10-7 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc726.KN/AAmbrose and Ghiassee, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC
Tc720.53KN/AD'Souza and Teja, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; Ambrose's procedure; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc20.73atmN/AAmbrose and Ghiassee, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3.95 atm; TRC
Pc21.3347atmN/AD'Souza and Teja, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.89 atm; Ambrose's procedure; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub31. ± 1.kcal/molTPDCappa, Lovejoy, et al., 2008AC
Δsub28.4 ± 0.5kcal/molVBaccanari, Novinski, et al., 1968ALS
Δsub28.39 ± 0.53kcal/molMEBaccanari, Novinski, et al., 1968Based on data from 293. to 303. K. See also Cox and Pilcher, 1970 and Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987.; AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
422.20.014Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
18.3413.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 398. to 543. K.; AC
21.2314.ME,TEde Kruif, Schaake, et al., 1982Based on data from 305. to 323. K.; AC
17.1418.ICramer, 1943AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
426.0 to 460.32.4588733.581-256.708Kahlbaum, 1894Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
27.99 ± 0.41295.MEDavies and Malpass, 1961Based on data from 290. to 301. K.; AC
28.0 ± 0.4289.8VDavies and Malpass, 1961, 2ALS

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
6.6898304.4N/AGarner and Randall, 1924DH
6.76303.8DSCMoreno, Cordobilla, et al., 2007AC
6.649304.5N/ADomalski and Hearing, 1996AC
6.9830300.1N/AEykman, 1889DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
22.0304.4Garner and Randall, 1924DH
23.3300.1Eykman, 1889DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
6.6439304.55crystaline, IliquidSchaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
21.82304.55crystaline, IliquidSchaake, van Miltenburg, et al., 1982DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C10H19O2- + Hydrogen cation = n-Decanoic acid

By formula: C10H19O2- + H+ = C10H20O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr338.8 ± 2.0kcal/molTDEqNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Folded form; dSacid = 7.2 eu
Δr346.1 ± 2.0kcal/molTDEqNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Unfolded form
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr336.7 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Folded form; dSacid = 7.2 eu
Δr338.8 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Unfolded form

Gas phase ion energetics data

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De-protonation reactions

C10H19O2- + Hydrogen cation = n-Decanoic acid

By formula: C10H19O2- + H+ = C10H20O2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr338.8 ± 2.0kcal/molTDEqNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Folded form; dSacid = 7.2 eu
Δr346.1 ± 2.0kcal/molTDEqNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Unfolded form
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr336.7 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Folded form; dSacid = 7.2 eu
Δr338.8 ± 2.1kcal/molH-TSNorrman and McMahon, 1999gas phase; Unfolded form

IR Spectrum

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


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Adriaanse, Dekker, et al., 1965
Adriaanse, N.; Dekker, H.; Coops, J., Heats of combustion of normal saturated fatty acids and their methyl esters, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1965, 84, 393-407. [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. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 771-778. [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]

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. Thermodyn., 1982, 14, 771-8. [all data]

Spizzichino, 1956
Spizzichino, C., Contribution a l'etude des tensions de vapeur et des chaleurs de vaporisation des acides gras, esters methyliques et alcools gras a des pressions inferieures a 1 mm de mercure, J. des Recherches du C.N.R.S., 1956, 34, 1-24. [all data]

Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987
Ambrose, D.; Ghiassee, N.B., Vapor Pressures and Critical Temperatures and Critical Pressures of Some Alkanoic Acids: C1 to C10, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 505. [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]

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]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [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]

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]

de Kruif, Schaake, et al., 1982
de Kruif, C.G.; Schaake, R.C.F.; van Miltenburg, J.C.; van der Klauw, K.; Blok, J.G., Thermodynamic properties of the normal alkanoic acids III. Enthalpies of vaporization and vapour pressures of 13 normal alkanoic acids, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1982, 14, 8, 791-798, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(82)90176-8 . [all data]

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

Kahlbaum, 1894
Kahlbaum, G.W.A., Studien uber Dampfspannkraftsmessungen, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1894, 13, 14-55. [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]

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]

Eykman, 1889
Eykman, J.F., Zur kryoskopischen Molekulargewichtsbestimmung, Z. Physik. Chem., 1889, 4, 497-519. [all data]

Norrman and McMahon, 1999
Norrman, K.; McMahon, T.B., Intramolecular solvation of carboxylate anions in the gas phase, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 35, 7008-7016, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9908202 . [all data]


Notes

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