Dimethyl Sulfoxide

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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-48.61 ± 0.33kcal/molCcrMasuda, Nagano, et al., 1994H2SO4 (1:115 H2O); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-486.93 ± 0.30kcal/molCcrMasuda, Nagano, et al., 1994H2SO4 (1:115 H2O); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid45.120cal/mol*KN/AClever and Westrum, 1970DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
35.705298.15Grolier, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1993DH
35.440298.15Barta, Kooner, et al., 1989DH
36.71298.15Rodante and Marrosu, 1988DH
36.62298.15Lankford and Criss, 1987DH
37.26298.15de Visser and Somsen, 1979DH
37.26298.15De Visser, Heuvelsland, et al., 1978DH
36.611298.15Clever and Westrum, 1970T = 5 to 350 K.; DH
35.61298.15Kenttmaa and Lindberg, 1960T = 298, 343 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil463. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus291.65KN/ALindberg and Stenholm, 1966Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Tfus291.57KN/ADouglas, 1948Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Tfus291.65KN/ADouglas, 1946Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple291.59KN/AClever and Westrum, 1970, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Ttriple291.67KN/AClever and Westrum, 1970, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.06 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap12.6 ± 0.1kcal/molVDouglas, 1948, 2ALS
Δvap12.6 ± 0.1kcal/molRGDouglas, 1948, 3Based on data from 293. to 323. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
11.5368.TGAAl-Najjar and Al-Sammerrai, 2007Based on data from 353. to 383. K.; AC
11.6392.N/ADykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999Based on data from 377. to 483. K.; AC
12.4320.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 305. to 464. K.; AC
12.5308.N/ASassa, Konishi, et al., 1974Based on data from 298. to 318. K.; AC
12.1340.MMJakli and Alexander Van Hook, 1972Based on data from 325. to 442. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; AC
12.5318.N/ANISHIMURA, NAKAYAMA, et al., 1972Based on data from 303. to 423. K.; AC
12.5308.N/AMeszaros, 1969Based on data from 293. to 323. 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
325.49 to 442.094.485361807.002-60.995Jakli and van Hook, 1972Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
293. to 323.5.224682239.161-29.215Douglas, 1948, 3Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.4340291.67Clever and Westrum, 1970DH
3.435291.7Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
11.77291.67Clever and Westrum, 1970DH

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IR Spectrum

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


References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Masuda, Nagano, et al., 1994
Masuda, N.; Nagano, Y.; Sakiyama, M., Standard molar enthalpy of formation of (CH3)2SO, dimethylsulfoxide, by combustion calorimetry, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1994, 26, 971-975. [all data]

Clever and Westrum, 1970
Clever, H.L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Dimethylsulfoxide and dimethylsulfone. Heat capacities, enthalpies of fusion, and thermodynamic properties, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 1309-1317. [all data]

Grolier, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1993
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Berkane, M.; Jimenez, E.; Wilhelm, E., Heat capacities and densities of mixtures of very polar substances 2. Mixtures containing N,N-dimethylformamide, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1993, 25(1), 41-50. [all data]

Barta, Kooner, et al., 1989
Barta, L.; Kooner, Z.S.; Hepler, L.G.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Thermal and volumetric properties of chloroform dimethylsulfoxide: Thermodynamic analysis using the ideal associated solution model, J. Solution Chem., 1989, 18(7), 663-673. [all data]

Rodante and Marrosu, 1988
Rodante, F.; Marrosu, G., Excess molar isobaric heat capacities and excess molar enthalpies for water-dimethylsulfoxide mixtures at 25°C, Thermochim. Acta, 1988, 136, 209-218. [all data]

Lankford and Criss, 1987
Lankford, J.I.; Criss, C.M., Partial molar heat caqpacities of selected electrolytes and benzene in methanol and dimethyldulfoxide at 25, 40 and 80°C, J. Solution Chem., 1987, 16(11), 885-906. [all data]

de Visser and Somsen, 1979
de Visser, C.; Somsen, G., Thermochemical behavior of mixtures of N,N-dimethylformamide with dimethylsulfoxide, acetonitrile, and N-methylformamide: volumes and heat capacities, J. Solution Chem., 1979, 8, 593-600. [all data]

De Visser, Heuvelsland, et al., 1978
De Visser, C.; Heuvelsland, W.J.M.; Dunn, L.A.; Somsen, G., Some properties of binary aqueous liquid mixtures, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans.1, 1978, 74, 1159-1169. [all data]

Kenttmaa and Lindberg, 1960
Kenttmaa, J.; Lindberg, J.J., Volumes and heats of mixing of dimethyl sulfoxide-water solutions, Suom. Kemistilehti, 1960, B33, 32-35. [all data]

Lindberg and Stenholm, 1966
Lindberg, J.J.; Stenholm, V., Viscosities, Densities, and Related Properties of Binary Mixtures Containing Dimethyl Sulphoxide and Mono-Subst. Benzenes or Guaiacol, Suom. Kemistiseuran Tied., 1966, 75, 22. [all data]

Douglas, 1948
Douglas, T.B., Vapor Pressure of Methyl Sulfoxide from 20 to 50 deg. Calculation of the Heat of Vaporization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 2001. [all data]

Douglas, 1946
Douglas, T.B., Heats of Formation of Liquid Methyl Sulfoxide and Crystalline Methyl Sulfone at 18 deg., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1072. [all data]

Clever and Westrum, 1970, 2
Clever, H.L.; Westrum, E.F., Dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone. Heat capacities, enthalpies of fusion, and thermodynamic properties., J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 1309. [all data]

Douglas, 1948, 2
Douglas, T.B., Vapor pressure of methyl sulfoxide from 20 to 50°. Calculation of the heat of vaporization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 2001-20. [all data]

Douglas, 1948, 3
Douglas, Thomas B., Vapor Pressure of Methyl Sulfoxide from 20 to 50°. Calculation of the Heat of Vaporization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 6, 2001-2002, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01186a005 . [all data]

Al-Najjar and Al-Sammerrai, 2007
Al-Najjar, Hazim; Al-Sammerrai, Dhoaib, Thermogravimetric determination of the heat of vaporization of some highly polar solvents, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 2007, 37, 3, 145-152, https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.280370302 . [all data]

Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999
Dykyj, J.; Svoboda, J.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Frenkel, M.L.; Hall, K.R., Vapor Pressure of Chemicals: Part A. Vapor Pressure and Antoine Constants for Hydrocarbons and Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Hydrogen Containing Organic Compounds, Springer, Berlin, 1999, 373. [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]

Sassa, Konishi, et al., 1974
Sassa, Yoshimasa; Konishi, Ryoichi; Katayama, Takashi, Isothermal vapor-liquid equilibrium data of DMSO [dimethyl sulfoxide] solutions by total pressure method. DMSO-acetone, DMSO-tetrahydrofuran, and DMSO-ethyl acetate systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1974, 19, 1, 44-48, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60060a004 . [all data]

Jakli and Alexander Van Hook, 1972
Jakli, Gyorgy; Alexander Van Hook, W., The vapor pressures of dimethyl sulfoxide and hexadeuterodimethyl sulfoxide from about 313 to 453 K, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1972, 4, 6, 857-864, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(72)90007-9 . [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]

NISHIMURA, NAKAYAMA, et al., 1972
NISHIMURA, MICHIKO; NAKAYAMA, MUTSUO; YANO, TAKEO, VAPOR PRESSURE OF PURE DMSO AND VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIA IN DMSO-H2O SYSTEM UNDER ISOBARIC CONDITIONS, J. Chem. Eng. Japan / JCEJ, 1972, 5, 3, 223-226, https://doi.org/10.1252/jcej.5.223 . [all data]

Meszaros, 1969
Meszaros, S., Period. Polytech., Chem. Eng., 1969, 13, 1-2, 79. [all data]

Jakli and van Hook, 1972
Jakli, G.; van Hook, W.A., The Vapor Pressures of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Hexadeuterodimethyl Sulfoxide from about 313 to 453 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 6, 857-864, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(72)90007-9 . [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]


Notes

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