Benzoic acid, 4-fluoro-

• Formula: C₇H₅FO₂
• Molecular weight: 140.1118
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H5FO2/c8-6-3-1-5(2-4-6)7(9)10/h1-4H,(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BBYDXOIZLAWGSL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 456-22-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzoic acid, p-fluoro-; p-Fluorobenzoic acid; 4-Fluorobenzoic acid; para-Fluorobenzoic acid
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  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

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

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₇H₄FO₂^- +  =

By formula: C₇H₄FO₂^- + H⁺ = C₇H₅FO₂

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (SPLIT MULL), FLUOROLUBE FOR 3800-1330 CM^-1, NUJOL FOR 1330-450 CM^-1; DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 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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Johnson and Prosen, 1975
Johnson, W.H.; Prosen, E.J., Enthalpies of combustion and formation of ortho- and parafluorobenzoic acid, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. Sect. A:, 1975, 79, 481-486. [all data]

Cox, Gundry, et al., 1964
Cox, J.D.; Gundry, H.A.; Head, A.J., Thermodynamic properties of fluorine compounds. Part 1.-Heats of combustion of p-fluorobenzoic acid, pentafluorobenzoic acid, hexafluorobenzene and decafluorocyclohexene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1964, 60, 653-665. [all data]

Good, Scott, et al., 1956
Good, W.D.; Scott, D.W.; Waddington, G., Combustion calorimetry of organic fluorine compounds by a rotating-bomb method, J. Phys. Chem., 1956, 60, 1080-1089. [all data]

Swarts, 1919
Swarts, F., Etudes thermochimiques sur les combinaisons organiques fluorees, J. Chim. Phys., 1919, 17, 3-70. [all data]

Cox, Gundry, et al., 1969
Cox, J.D.; Gundry, H.A.; Harrop, D.; Head, A.J., Thermodynamic properties of fluorine compounds. 9. Enthalpies of formation of some compounds containing the pentafluorophenyl group, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 77-87. [all data]

Monte and Hillesheim, 2000
Monte, Manuel J.S.; Hillesheim, Dorothea M., Thermodynamic study on the sublimation of the three iodobenzoic acids and of 2-fluoro- and 3-fluorobenzoic acids, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2000, 32, 12, 1727-1735, https://doi.org/10.1006/jcht.2000.0705 . [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]

Kang and Samulski, 2000
Kang, Seung Koo; Samulski, Edward T., Liquid crystals comprising hydrogen-bonded organic acids I. Mixtures of non-mesogenic acids, Liquid Crystals, 2000, 27, 3, 371-376, https://doi.org/10.1080/026782900202822 . [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]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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