Decane, 2-methyl-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas138.22 ± 0.47cal/mol*KN/AMesserly J.F., 1971 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid108.46cal/mol*KN/AMesserly and Finke, 1971 

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
81.551298.15Messerly and Finke, 1971T = 11 to 390 K.

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
Tboil462.4KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil462.4KN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Tboil462.30KN/AAnonymous, 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tboil462.3KN/ABoord, Greenlee, et al., 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Tboil462.27KN/ABoord, Greenlee, et al., 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus224.28 ± 0.02KAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple224.3000KN/AMesserly and Finke, 1971, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.01 K; TRC
Ttriple224.3100KN/AMesserly and Finke, 1971, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.005 K; by extrapolation of 1/F to 0, corrected for impurities; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc629.9KN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap12.98kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
9.620462.4N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
13.3288.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 273. - 353. K.; AC
11.3394.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 379. - 463. K.; AC
12.4328.CMajer, Svoboda, et al., 1984AC
12.1343.CMajer, Svoboda, et al., 1984AC
11.8358.CMajer, Svoboda, et al., 1984AC
13.2283.IPOsborn and Douslin, 1974Based on data from 273. - 293. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH = A exp(-βTr) (1 − Tr)β
    ΔvapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    Tr = reduced temperature (T / Tc)

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Temperature (K) A (kcal/mol) β Tc (K) Reference Comment
328. - 368.18.470.3168629.9Majer and Svoboda, 1985 

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
273. - 462.374.213901640.288-72.933Osborn and Douslin, 1974Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
5.9959224.31Messerly and Finke, 1971DH
5.989224.3Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
26.730224.31Messerly and Finke, 1971DH

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)9.7eVN/AN/AL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
9.34ESTLuo and Pacey, 1992LL
9.7 ± 0.1EQLias, 1982LBLHLM
9.57 ± 0.15EQMautner(Meot-Ner), Sieck, et al., 1981LLK

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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State gas
Instrument HP-GC/MS/IRD

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Messerly J.F., 1971
Messerly J.F., Low-temperature thermal properties of 2-methylheptane and 2-methyldecane: the thermodynamic properties of 2-methylalkanes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 675-687. [all data]

Messerly and Finke, 1971
Messerly, J.F.; Finke, H.L., Low-temperature thermal properties of 2-methylheptane and 2-methyldecane: the thermodynamic properties of the 2-methylalkanes, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1971, 3, 675-687. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [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]

Anonymous, 1950
Anonymous, R., , Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 6, Natl. Bur. Stand., 1950. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1950
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Derfer, J.M., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Wt., Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Twelfth Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., 1950. [all data]

Messerly and Finke, 1971, 2
Messerly, J.F.; Finke, H.L., Low-temperature Thermal Properties of 2-Methyldecane: the Thermodynamic Properties of the 2-Methylalkanes, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 675-87. [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]

Majer, Svoboda, et al., 1984
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V.; Pechacek, J.; Hala, S., Enthalpies of vaporization and cohesive energies of eight C9 to C11, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1984, 16, 567-572. [all data]

Osborn and Douslin, 1974
Osborn, Ann G.; Douslin, Donald R., Vapor-pressure relations for 15 hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1974, 19, 2, 114-117, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60061a022 . [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]

Luo and Pacey, 1992
Luo, Y.-R.; Pacey, P.D., Effects of alkyl substitution on ionization energies of alkanes and haloalkanes and on heats of formation of their molecular cations. Part 2. Alkanes and chloro-, bromo- and iodoalkanes, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1992, 112, 63. [all data]

Lias, 1982
Lias, S.G., Thermochemical information from ion-molecule rate constants, Ion Cyclotron Reson. Spectrom. 1982, 1982, 409. [all data]

Mautner(Meot-Ner), Sieck, et al., 1981
Mautner(Meot-Ner), M.; Sieck, L.W.; Ausloos, P., Ionization of normal alkanes: Enthalpy, entropy, structural, and isotope effects, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 5342. [all data]


Notes

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