Alanine

• Formula: C₃H₇NO₂
• Molecular weight: 89.0932
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2H,4H2,1H3,(H,5,6)/t2-/m1/s1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QNAYBMKLOCPYGJ-UWTATZPHSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 56-41-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • dl-Alanine
  • D-Alanine
  • 2-aminopropanoic acid
• Other names: L-Alanine; Alanine, L-; α-Alanine; α-Aminopropionic acid; (S)-Alanine; L-α-Alanine; L-α-Aminopropionic acid; L-(+)-Alanine; L-2-Aminopropanoic acid; L-2-Aminopropionic acid; Propanoic acid, 2-amino-; Propanoic acid, 2-amino-, (S)-; L-CH3CH(NH2)COOH; (S)-2-Aminopropanoic acid; 2-Aminopropanoic acid; 2-Aminopropionic acid; Ala; Ritalanine; NSC 206315; 2-Aminopropanoic acid, L-
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

References

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Contineanu and Marchidan, 1984
Contineanu, I.; Marchidan, D.I., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of D-alanine, L-alanine, DL-alanine, and β-alanine, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1984, 29, 43-48. [all data]

Ngauv, Sabbah, et al., 1977
Ngauv, S.N.; Sabbah, R.; Laffitte, M., Thermodynamique de composes azotes. III. Etude thermochimique de la glycine et de la l-α-alanine, Thermochim. Acta, 1977, 20, 371-380. [all data]

Hutchens, Cole, et al., 1963
Hutchens, J.O.; Cole, A.G.; Stout, J.W., Heat capacities from 11 to 305°K., entropies, and free energies of formation of L-valine, L-isoleucine, and L-leucine, J. Phys. Chem., 1963, 67, 1128-1130. [all data]

Tsuzuki, Harper, et al., 1958
Tsuzuki, T.; Harper, D.O.; Hunt, H., Heats of combustion. VII. The heats of combustion of some amino acids, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 1594-1595. [all data]

Lemoult, 1904
Lemoult, M.P., Remarques sur une serie recenie de determinations calorimetriques, Compt. Rend., 1904, 663-635. [all data]

Hutchens, Cole, et al., 1960
Hutchens, J.O.; Cole, A.G.; Stout, J.W., Heat capacities from 11 to 305K. and entropies of L-alanine and glycine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1960, 82, 4813-4815. [all data]

Daurel, Delhaes, et al., 1975
Daurel, M.; Delhaes, P.; Dupart, E., Variations thermiques, entre 1 et 300K, de la chaleur specifique de la L-alanine, tri(L-alanine) et de la poly(L-alanine), Biopolymers, 1975, 14, 801-823. [all data]

Badelin, Kulikov, et al., 1990
Badelin, V.G.; Kulikov, O.V.; Batagin, V.S.; Udzig, E.; Zielenkiewicz, A.; Zielenkiewicz, W.; Krestov, G.A., Physico-chemical properties of peptides and their solutions, Thermochim. Acta, 1990, 169, 81-93. [all data]

Kulikov, Kozlov, et al., 1989
Kulikov, O.V.; Kozlov, V.A.; Malenkina, L.I.; Badelin, V.G., Heat capacities of amino acids and peptides and excess characteristics ot their aqueous solutions, Sbornik Nauch. Trud., Termodin. Rast. neelect., Ivanovo, Inst. nevod. rast., 1989, Akad. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions

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