Naphthalene, 2,7-dimethyl-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas19.0 ± 0.1kcal/molCcbChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
11.950.Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997p=1 bar.; GT
18.2100.
23.8150.
29.85200.
39.87273.15
43.40298.15
43.67300.
57.34400.
69.07500.
78.70600.
86.59700.
93.12800.
98.59900.
103.21000.
107.1100.
110.1200.
113.1300.
116.1400.
118.1500.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid67.725cal/mol*KN/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993DH
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-1.30 ± 0.27kcal/molCcbGood, 1973crystal phase; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1537.21 ± 0.23kcal/molCcbGood, 1973crystal phase; Corresponding Δfsolid = -1.29 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
solid,1 bar54.630cal/mol*KN/AFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
60.194298.15Chirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993T = 298 to 700 K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
48.850298.15Finke, Messerly, et al., 1977T = 10 to 440 K.; DH
48.40298.15Good, 1973DH

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil536.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil538.KN/ACoulson, 1935Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus370.15KN/ALuther and Riechel, 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple368.81KN/AFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple368.81KN/AOsborn and Douslin, 1975Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc775. ± 2.KN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Tc775.KN/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc32. ± 2.atmN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Pc31.92atmN/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.987 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Vc0.601l/molN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc1.7 ± 0.2mol/lN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
ρc1.63mol/lN/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.19 mol/l; TRC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
13.7400.N/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993AC
13.1440.N/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993AC
12.5480.N/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993AC
11.8520.N/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993AC
11.1560.N/AChirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993AC
14.0384.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 369. to 400. K. See also Osborn and Douslin, 1975, 2 and Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC
14.2368.8IPFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977Based on data from 369. to 398. K.; AC
14.0380.IPFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977Based on data from 369. to 398. K.; AC
13.9390.IPFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977Based on data from 369. to 398. 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 Comment
369. to 398.4.543482136.17-62.904Osborn and Douslin, 1975, 2Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
20.2348.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 333. to 368. K.; AC
20.0 ± 0.2345.N/AFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977Based on data from 340. to 369. K. See also Osborn and Douslin, 1975, 2.; AC
19.9369.BOsborn and Douslin, 1975, 2AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
5.58110368.81N/AFinke, Messerly, et al., 1977DH
5.31370.2DSCCheon and Kim, 2007AC
5.581368.8N/AAcree, 1991AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
15.13368.81Finke, Messerly, et al., 1977DH

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
7.89 ± 0.03PEHeilbronner, Hoshi, et al., 1976Vertical value; LLK

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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Origin CONTINENTAL OIL CO., PONCA CITY, OKLA., USA
NIST MS number 39301

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Alexander N. Yermakov, Alexy A. Usov, Antonina A. Goncharova, Axlexander N. Leskin, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Source Kusakov, et al., 1963
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Origin INSTITUTE OF ENERGY PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, RAS
Source reference RAS UV No. 20080
Instrument unknown
Melting point 97
Boiling point 265

References

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Chirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993
Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Steele, W.V., The thermodynamic properties to the temperature 700 K of naphthalene and of 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1993, 25, 1461-1494. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Good, 1973
Good, W.D., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene, 2,3-dimethylnaphthalene, 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, and 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1973, 5, 715-720. [all data]

Finke, Messerly, et al., 1977
Finke, H.L.; Messerly, J.F.; Lee, S.H.; Osborn, A.G.; Douslin, D.R., Comprehensive thermodynamic studies of seven aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1977, 9, 937-956. [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]

Coulson, 1935
Coulson, E.A., J. Chem. Soc., 1935, 1935, 77. [all data]

Luther and Riechel, 1950
Luther, H.; Riechel, C., The Raman Spectra of Polymethylnphthalenes, Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1950, 195, 103. [all data]

Finke, Messerly, et al., 1977, 2
Finke, H.L.; Messerly, J.F.; Lee, S.H.; Osborn, A.G.; Douslin, D.R., Comprehensive thermodynamic studies of seven aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1977, 9, 937. [all data]

Osborn and Douslin, 1975
Osborn, A.G.; Douslin, D.R., Vapor Pressure and Derived Enthalpies of Vaporization for Some Condensed Ring Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1975, 20, 229-31. [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]

Chirico, Knipmeyer, et al., 1993, 2
Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Steele, W.V., The thermodynamic properties to the temperature 700 K of naphthalene and of 2,7-dimethylnaphthalene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1993, 25, 1461-94. [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]

Osborn and Douslin, 1975, 2
Osborn, Ann G.; Douslin, Donald R., Vapor pressures and derived enthalpies of vaporization for some condensed-ring hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1975, 20, 3, 229-231, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60066a022 . [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Cheon and Kim, 2007
Cheon, Yang-Ho; Kim, Kwang-Joo, Solid-Liquid Equilibria of Binary Mixtures of Dimethylnaphthalene Isomers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2007, 52, 4, 1390-1393, https://doi.org/10.1021/je700088n . [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Heilbronner, Hoshi, et al., 1976
Heilbronner, E.; Hoshi, T.; von Rosenberg, J.L.; Hafner, K., Alkyl-induced, natural hypsochromic shifts of the 2A←2X and 2B←2X transitions of azulene and naphthalene radical cations, Nouv. J. Chim., 1976, 1, 105. [all data]

Kusakov, et al., 1963
Kusakov, M.M., et al., Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra of Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 1963, 244. [all data]


Notes

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