Propanenitrile, 2,2-dimethyl-

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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-0.79kcal/molCcrHall and Baldt, 1971 

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-9.53kcal/molCcrHall and Baldt, 1971ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-768.15 ± 0.17kcal/molCcrHall and Baldt, 1971ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid55.449cal/mol*KN/AWestrum and Ribner, 1967DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
36.64297.Hall and Baldt, 1971DH
42.870298.15Westrum and Ribner, 1967T = 5 to 350 K.; DH

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil370. ± 30.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus288.65KN/AButlerov, 1873Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple292.13KN/AWestrum and Ribner, 1967, 2Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap8.96kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap8.76kcal/molVHall and Baldt, 1971ALS
Δvap8.75kcal/molN/AHall and Baldt, 1971DRB
Δvap8.927 ± 0.007kcal/molVHoward and Wadso, 1970ALS
Δvap9.03kcal/molIWestrum and Ribner, 1967Based on data from 313. to 371. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
7.74379.2N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
8.72328.A,IStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 313. to 371. K. See also Westrum and Ribner, 1967.; AC
8.84318.BGBaldt and Hall, 1971Based on data from 299. to 365. 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
313.37 to 378.53.930571238.154-63.416Ribner and Westrum, 1967Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.22292.1Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
0.261213.Domalski and Hearing, 1996CAL
1.86232.7
7.60292.1

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.0550213.crystaline, IIIcrystaline, IIWestrum and Ribner, 1967DH
0.4570232.74crystaline, IIcrystaline, IWestrum and Ribner, 1967S not equal to H/T, see article.; DH
2.220292.13crystaline, IliquidWestrum and Ribner, 1967DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.258213.crystaline, IIIcrystaline, IIWestrum and Ribner, 1967DH
1.86232.74crystaline, IIcrystaline, IWestrum and Ribner, 1967S; DH
7.598292.13crystaline, IliquidWestrum and Ribner, 1967DH

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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

Chlorine anion + Propanenitrile, 2,2-dimethyl- = (Chlorine anion • Propanenitrile, 2,2-dimethyl-)

By formula: Cl- + C5H9N = (Cl- • C5H9N)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr18.5 ± 1.0kcal/molTDAsLi, Ross, et al., 1996gas phase; B
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr11.05 ± 0.20kcal/molTDAsLi, Ross, et al., 1996gas phase; B

C5H10N+ + Propanenitrile, 2,2-dimethyl- = (C5H10N+ • Propanenitrile, 2,2-dimethyl-)

By formula: C5H10N+ + C5H9N = (C5H10N+ • C5H9N)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr30.2kcal/molPHPMSSpeller and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985gas phase; M
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr26.4cal/mol*KPHPMSSpeller and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985gas phase; M

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

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
B - John E. Bartmess

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)193.8kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity186.5kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Reference Comment
0.012620 ± 0.000087Hammer, Diri, et al., 2003B

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
C2H4N+12.20?EIHeerma and deRidder, 1970RDSH
C3H5+13.50?EIHeerma and deRidder, 1970RDSH
C4H6N+12.5?EIDay, Gowenlock, et al., 1978LLK
C4H6N+12.60CH3EIHeerma and deRidder, 1970RDSH
C5H8N+12.05HEIHeerma and deRidder, 1970RDSH

IR Spectrum

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

Gas Phase Spectrum

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Origin NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center
State gas
Instrument HP-GC/MS/IRD

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References

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Hall and Baldt, 1971
Hall, H.K., Jr.; Baldt, J.H., Thermochemistry of strained-ring bridgehead nitriles and esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 140-145. [all data]

Westrum and Ribner, 1967
Westrum, E.F., Jr.; Ribner, A., Trimethylacetonitrile. Low-temperature heat capacity, vapor pressure, and chemical thermodynamics of the crystalline, liquid, and gaseous phases, J. Phys. Chem., 1967, 71, 1216-1224. [all data]

Butlerov, 1873
Butlerov, A., Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1873, 170, 151. [all data]

Westrum and Ribner, 1967, 2
Westrum, E.F.; Ribner, A., Trimethylacetonitrile low-temperature heat capacity, vapor pressure, and chemical thermodynamics of the crystalline, liquid and gaseous phases, J. Phys. Chem., 1967, 71, 1216. [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]

Howard and Wadso, 1970
Howard, P.B.; Wadso, I., Enthalpies of vaporization of organic compounds IV. Alkyl Nitriles, Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 145. [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]

Baldt and Hall, 1971
Baldt, J.H.; Hall, H.K.K., Jr., Thermochemistry of strained-ring bridgehead nitriles and esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 140-145. [all data]

Ribner and Westrum, 1967
Ribner, A.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Dimethylmalononitrile. Low-Temperature Heat Capacity, Vapor Pressure, Density, and Chemical Thermodynamics of the Crystalline, Liquid, and Gaseous Phases, J. Phys. Chem., 1967, 71, 5, 1208-1224, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100864a005 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Li, Ross, et al., 1996
Li, C.; Ross, P.; Szulejko, J.; McMahon, T.B., High-Pressure Mass Spectrometric Investigations of the Potential Energy Surfaces of Gas-Phase Sn2 Reactions., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 39, 9360, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja960565o . [all data]

Speller and Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1985
Speller, C.V.; Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., The Ionic Hydrogen Bond and Ion Solvation. 3. Bonds Involving Cyanides. Correlations with Proton Affinites, J. Phys. Chem., 1985, 81, 24, 5217, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100270a020 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Hammer, Diri, et al., 2003
Hammer, N.I.; Diri, K.; Jordan, K.D.; Desfrancois, C.; Compton, R.N., Dipole-bound anions of carbonyl, nitrile, and sulfoxide containing molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 2003, 119, 7, 3650-3660, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1590959 . [all data]

Heerma and deRidder, 1970
Heerma, W.; deRidder, J.J., The electron-impact induced fragmentation of some alkyl isocyanides and alpha-branched alkyl cyanides, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1970, 3, 1439. [all data]

Day, Gowenlock, et al., 1978
Day, J.S.; Gowenlock, B.G.; Johnson, C.A.F.; McInally, I.D.; Pfab, J., Appearance potential studies of some geminal substituted C-nitroso- compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1978, 10, 1110. [all data]


Notes

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