Benzoic acid, 4-(1-methylethyl)-

• Formula: C₁₀H₁₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 164.2011
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H12O2/c1-7(2)8-3-5-9(6-4-8)10(11)12/h3-7H,1-2H3,(H,11,12) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CKMXAIVXVKGGFM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 536-66-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Benzoic acid, p-isopropyl-; p-Isopropylbenzoic acid; Cumic acid; Cuminic acid; 4-Isopropylbenzoic acid; 4-(1-Methylethyl)benzoic acid
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  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • 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:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

De-protonation reactions

C₁₀H₁₁O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₁₀H₁₁O₂^- + H⁺ = C₁₀H₁₂O₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Colomina, Jimenez, et al., 1987
Colomina, M.; Jimenez, P.; Perez-Ossorio, R.; Roux, M.V.; Turrion, C., Thermochemical properties of benzoic acid derivatives. XIV. Enthalpies of combustion, vapour pressures, enthalpies of sublimation, and enthalpies of formation of o-, m-, and p-isopropylbenzoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 155-162. [all data]

Campbell and Spaeth, 1959
Campbell, B.N.; Spaeth, E.C., Freidel-Crafts Isopropylation of Acetophenone, Methyl Benzoate and Benzoic Acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1959, 81, 5933-6. [all data]

Fiedler, Kulhanek, et al., 1999
Fiedler, P.; Kulhanek, J.; Decouzon, M.; Gal, J.F.; Maria, P.C.; Exner, O., Steric effects and steric inhibition of resonance in isopropylbenzoic acids in the gas phase and in solution, Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1999, 64, 9, 1433-1447, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19991433 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  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
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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