Trichloroacetic Acid

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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-103.65kcal/molCmTrifel, Smirnov, et al., 1992 

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
Δcsolid-118.9 ± 2.0kcal/molCcbSmith, Bjellerup, et al., 1953Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -119. ± 1. kcal/mol; ALS
Δcsolid-117.3kcal/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
75.0289. to 320.Pickering, 1895T = 289 to 356 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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil469.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil470.7KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil468.35KN/APaul and Schantz, 1919Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus332.31KN/AMcDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.07 K; TRC
Tfus332.KN/ATimmermans, 1935Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tfus332.25KN/APickering, 1895Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
414.70.033Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
15.5341.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 326. to 473. K. See also Dykyj, 1970.; AC
13.7400.N/AMcDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959, 2Based on data from 385. to 470. 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
385.77 to 471.084.429761618.97-105.268McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959, 2

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.41330.7Acree, 1991AC
1.410332.25Pickering, 1895DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
4.242332.25Pickering, 1895DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C14H10Cl6O4Ti (cr) + 2(Hydrogen chloride • 4.40Water) (solution) = Titanocene dichloride (cr) + 2Trichloroacetic Acid (cr)

By formula: C14H10Cl6O4Ti (cr) + 2(HCl • 4.40H2O) (solution) = C10H10Cl2Ti (cr) + 2C2HCl3O2 (cr)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr3.20 ± 0.62kcal/molRSCDias, Salema, et al., 1984Please also see Calhorda, Carrondo, et al., 1986.; MS

Trichloroacetyl chloride + Water = Trichloroacetic Acid + Hydrogen chloride

By formula: C2Cl4O + H2O = C2HCl3O2 + HCl

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-28.12kcal/molCmPritchard and Skinner, 1950liquid phase; Heat of hydrolysis at 298 K; ALS

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated by: Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)184.0kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity176.6kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998 

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

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Source reference COBLENTZ NO. 2376
Date Not specified, most likely prior to 1970
Instrument Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.
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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Column type Active phase I Reference Comment
CapillaryMethyl Silicone1390.Zenkevich, 1996Program: not specified

References

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Trifel, Smirnov, et al., 1992
Trifel, B.Yu.; Smirnov, V.V.; Gloriozov, I.P.; Kurbanov, N.I.; Mamedov, F.V., Mechanism of reaction between trichloroacetic acid and unsaturated ketones, Vestn. Mosk. Univ. Ser. 2: Khim., 1992, 33, 547-550. [all data]

Smith, Bjellerup, et al., 1953
Smith, L.; Bjellerup, L.; Krook, S.; Westermark, H., Heats of combustion of organic chloro compounds determined by the "quartz wool" method, Acta Chem. Scand., 1953, 7, 65. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Schjanberg, 1935
Schjanberg, E., Die Verbrennungswarmen und die Refraktionsdaten einiger chlorsubstituierter Fettsauren und Ester., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. A, 1935, 172, 197-233. [all data]

Pickering, 1895
Pickering, S.U., A comparison of some properties of acetic acid and its chloro- and bromo-derivatives, J. Chem. Soc., 1895, 67, 664-684. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [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]

Paul and Schantz, 1919
Paul, T.; Schantz, K., The boiling point as indicator of purity and a new apparatus for its determination without thermometer correction., Arch. Pharm. (Weinheim, Ger.), 1919, 257, 87. [all data]

McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959
McDonald, R.A.; Shrader, S.A.; Stull, D.R., Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of 30 Organics, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 311. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [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]

Dykyj, 1970
Dykyj, J., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 2, 51. [all data]

McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959, 2
McDonald, R.A.; Shrader, S.A.; Stull, D.R., Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of Thirty Pure Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 4, 311-313, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60004a009 . [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Dias, Salema, et al., 1984
Dias, A.R.; Salema, M.S.; Martinho Simões, J.A., Rev. Port. Quím., 1984, 26, 227. [all data]

Calhorda, Carrondo, et al., 1986
Calhorda, M.J.; Carrondo, M.A.A.F.C.T.; Dias, A.R.; Domingos, A.M.T.S.; Martinho Simões, J.A.; Teixeira, C., Organometallics, 1986, 5, 660. [all data]

Pritchard and Skinner, 1950
Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., The heats of hydrolysis of the chloro-substituted acetyl chlorides, J. Chem. Soc., 1950, 272-276. [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]

Zenkevich, 1996
Zenkevich, I.G., Informational Maitenance of Gas Chromatographic Identification of Organic Compounds in Ecoanalytical Investigations, Z. Anal. Chem., 1996, 51, 11, 1140-1148. [all data]


Notes

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