Benzoic acid, 4-cyano-

• Formula: C₈H₅NO₂
• Molecular weight: 147.1308
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H5NO2/c9-5-6-1-3-7(4-2-6)8(10)11/h1-4H,(H,10,11) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ADCUEPOHPCPMCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 619-65-8
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• Other names: Benzoic acid, p-cyano-; p-Carboxybenzonitrile; p-Cyanobenzoic acid; 4-Cyanobenzoic acid; Terephthalic mononitrile; 4-Carboxybenzonitrile
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₈H₄NO₂^- +  =

By formula: C₈H₄NO₂^- + H⁺ = C₈H₅NO₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Tobita, Tajima, et al., 1984
Tobita, S.; Tajima, S.; Tsuchiya, T., The substituent effect on the single and double hydrogen atom transfer reactions in para-substituted benzoic acid isobutyl esters, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1984, 19, 326. [all data]

Benoit, 1973
Benoit, F., Substituent effects in mass spectrometry. III. Substituent effects in the dissociation of the molecular ions of para and meta subtituted benzoic acids, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1973, 7, 295. [all data]

Kebarle and McMahon, 1977
Kebarle, P.; McMahon, T.B., Intrinsic Acidities of Substituted Phenols and Benzoic Acids Determined by Gas Phase Proton Transfer Equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7, 2222, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00449a032 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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