Benzonitrile, 2-nitro-

• Formula: C₇H₄N₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 148.1189
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H4N2O2/c8-5-6-3-1-2-4-7(6)9(10)11/h1-4H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SWBDKCMOLSUXRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 612-24-8
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Benzonitrile, o-nitro-; o-Cyanonitrobenzene; o-Nitrobenzonitrile; 2-Nitrobenzonitrile; 2-Nitrobenzoic acid nitrile
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Phase change data

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Data compiled by: William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Individual Reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Br^- + C₇H₄N₂O₂ = (Br^- • C₇H₄N₂O₂)

Free energy of reaction

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Br^- + C₇H₄N₂O₂ = (Br^- • C₇H₄N₂O₂)

Free energy of reaction

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Roux, Jiménez, et al., 2003
Roux, Maria Victoria; Jiménez, Pilar; Dávalos, Juan Z.; Temprado, Manuel; Liebman, Joel F., Destabilization in the isomeric nitrobenzonitriles: an experimental thermochemical study, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2003, 35, 5, 803-811, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9614(03)00017-X . [all data]

Jiménez, Roux, et al., 2002
Jiménez, Pilar; Roux, Maria Victoria; Dávalos, Juán Z.; Temprado, Manuel, Heat capacities and enthalpies of transitions of three nitrobenzonitriles, Thermochimica Acta, 2002, 394, 1-2, 25-29, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(02)00234-4 . [all data]

Paul and Kebarle, 1991
Paul, G.J.C.; Kebarle, P., Stabilities of Complexes of Br- with Substituted Benzenes (SB) Based on Determinations of the Gas-Phase Equilibria Br- + SB = (BrSB)-, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 4, 1148, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00004a014 . [all data]

Chowdhury and Kebarle, 1986
Chowdhury, S.; Kebarle, P., Electron affinities of di- and tetracyanoethylene and cyanobenzenes based on measurements of gas-phase electron transfer equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 5453. [all data]

Mock and Grimsrud, 1989
Mock, R.S.; Grimsrud, E.P., Gas-Phase Electron Photodetachment Spectroscopy of the Molecular Anions of Nitroaromatic Hydrocarbons at Atmospheric Pressure, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 8, 2861, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00190a020 . [all data]

Buchs, 1970
Buchs, A., Etude par spectrometrie de masse de l'ionisation de benzonitriles, de phenylacetonitriles et de N,N-dimethylanilines substitues, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1970, 53, 2026. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  T	Temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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