Benzene, (2-methylpropyl)-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-5.15 ± 0.34kcal/molCcbProsen, Johnson, et al., 1946 

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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil444. ± 4.KAVGN/AAverage of 28 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus221.5 ± 0.3KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc650.KN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Tc657.87KN/AAmbrose, Cox, et al., 1960Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Tc650.3KN/AAltschul, 1893Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc30.1atmN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Pc30.10atmN/AAltschul, 1893Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0580 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap11.44kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap11.5kcal/molN/ARu«7825»icka, Zábranský, et al., 1994AC
Δvap11.8kcal/molN/AReid, 1972AC
Δvap11.6kcal/molN/AProsen, Johnson, et al., 1946DRB

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
443.20.968Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
10.3388.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 373. to 447. K.; AC
10.5375.N/AForziati, Norris, et al., 1949Based on data from 360. to 447. K.; AC

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
359.79 to 446.964.049521526.384-68.979Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949, 2

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.68EIMcLoughlin, Morrison, et al., 1979LLK
8.69 ± 0.01PIPrice, Bralsford, et al., 1959RDSH
8.71 ± 0.05PENagy-Felsobuki and Peel, 1979Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C7H7+9.99C3H7EIMcLoughlin, Morrison, et al., 1979LLK
C7H8+9.76 ± 0.04C3H6PIMcLoughlin, Morrison, et al., 1978LLK

References

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Prosen, Johnson, et al., 1946
Prosen, E.J.; Johnson, W.H.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation at 25°C of the alkylbenzenes through C10H14, and of the higher normal monoalkylbenzenes, J. Res. NBS, 1946, 36, 455-461. [all data]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995
Tsonopoulos, C.; Ambrose, D., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 3. Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 547-558. [all data]

Ambrose, Cox, et al., 1960
Ambrose, D.; Cox, J.D.; Townsend, R., The critical temperatures of forty organic compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1960, 56, 1452. [all data]

Altschul, 1893
Altschul, M., The critical values of some organic compounds, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1893, 11, 577. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Ru«7825»icka, Zábranský, et al., 1994
Ru«7825»icka, Vlastimil; Zábranský, Milan; Ru«7825»icka, Kvetoslav; Majer, Vladimír, Vapor pressures for a group of high-boiling alkylbenzenes under environmental conditions, Thermochimica Acta, 1994, 245, 121-144, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(94)85073-9 . [all data]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [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]

Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949
Forziati, Alphonse F.; Norris, William R.; Rossini, Frederick D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of sixty API-NBS hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1949, 43, 6, 555-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.043.050 . [all data]

Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949, 2
Forziati, A.F.; Norris, W.R.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor Pressures and Boiling Points of Sixty API-NBS Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), 1949, 43, 6, 555-563, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.043.050 . [all data]

McLoughlin, Morrison, et al., 1979
McLoughlin, R.G.; Morrison, J.D.; Traeger, J.C., Photoionization of the C-1 - C-4 monosubstituted alkyl benzenes: Thermochemistry of [C7H7]+ and [C8H9]+ formation, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1979, 14, 104. [all data]

Price, Bralsford, et al., 1959
Price, W.C.; Bralsford, R.; Harris, P.V.; Ridley, R.G., Ultra-violet spectra and ionization potentials of hydrocarbon molecules, Spectrochim. Acta, 1959, 14, 45. [all data]

Nagy-Felsobuki and Peel, 1979
Nagy-Felsobuki, E.; Peel, J.B., Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of the butylbenzenes, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1979, 16, 397. [all data]

McLoughlin, Morrison, et al., 1978
McLoughlin, R.G.; Morrison, J.D.; Traeger, J.C., A photoionization study of the [C7H8]+ ion formed from some monosubstituted alkyl benzenes, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1978, 13, 483. [all data]


Notes

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