Trifluoroacetic acid

• Formula: C₂HF₃O₂
• Molecular weight: 114.0233
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2HF3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h(H,6,7) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DTQVDTLACAAQTR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 76-05-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Acetic acid, trifluoro-; Perfluoroacetic acid; Trifluoroethanoic acid; CF3COOH; Kyselina trifluoroctova; Trifluoracetic acid; UN 2699; Acetic acid, 2,2,2-trifluoro-; NSC 77366
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₂F₃O₂^- + H⁺ = C₂HF₃O₂

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Kolesov, Slavutskaya, et al., 1972
Kolesov, V.P.; Slavutskaya, G.M.; Papina, T.S., Standard enthalpies of formation of perfluorodi-n-butyl ether and trifluoroacetic acid, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1972, 46, 474. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Kolesov and Zenkov, 1966
Kolesov, V.P.; Zenkov, I.D., Standard of enthalpy of formation of trifluoroacetic acid, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1966, 40, 743-744. [all data]

Farchan Laboratories, 1990
Farchan Laboratories, Research Chemicals Catalog, Farchan Laboratories, Gainesville, FL, 1990, 91. [all data]

PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 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]

Malijevska, Sysova, et al., 1986
Malijevska, I.; Sysova, M.; Vlckova, D., Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium in Strongly Associated Systems. The Systems Acetic Acid-Propionic Acid and Acetic Acid-Trifluoroacetic Acid, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1986, 51, 194. [all data]

Parnes, Khotimskaya, et al., 1969
Parnes, Z.N.; Khotimskaya, G.A.; Kudryavtsev, R.V.; Lukina, M.Y.; Kursanov, D.N., The Behavior of Cyclopropane Hydrocarbons in Ionic Hydrogenation Reactions, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Khim., 1969, 184, 615-8. [all data]

Kohler, Atrops, et al., 1981
Kohler, F.; Atrops, H.; Kalali, H.; Liebermann, E.; Wilhelm, E.; Ratkovics, F.; Salamon, T., Molecular Interactions in Mistures of Carboxylic Acids with Amines 1. Melting Curves adn Viscosities, J. Phys. Chem., 1981, 85, 2520-4. [all data]

Guthrie, 1976
Guthrie, J.P., Thermodynamics of ester and orthoester formation from trifluoroacetic acid, Can. J. Chem., 1976, 54, 202-209. [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]

Kreglewski, 1962
Kreglewski, A., Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chem., 1962, 10, 629. [all data]

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

Kreglewski, 1962, 2
Kreglewski, A., Vapour Pressures and Molar Volumes of Liquid Perfluoro-n-Octane Trifluoracetic Acid, and its Anhydride, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. Ser. Sci. Chim., 1962, 10, 11-12, 629-633. [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]

Asbrink, Svensson, et al., 1981
Asbrink, L.; Svensson, A.; Von Niessen, W.; Bieri, G., 30.4 nm He(II) photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1981, 24, 293. [all data]

Sweigart and Turner, 1972
Sweigart, D.A.; Turner, D.W., Lone pair orbitals and their interactions studied by photoelectron spectroscopy. I. Carboxylic acids and their derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 5592. [all data]

Carnovale, Gan, et al., 1980
Carnovale, F.; Gan, T.H.; Peel, J.B., Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of the monomers and dimers of acetic and trifluoracetic acids, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 20, 53. [all data]

Coleman, Green, et al., 1979
Coleman, A.W.; Green, J.C.; Hayes, A.J.; Seddon, E.A.; Lloyd, D.R.; Niwa, Y., A comparison of the electronic structure of some group 6A dimetal tetracarboxylates using photoelectron spectroscopy, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1979, 75, 1057. [all data]

Watanabe, Yokoyama, et al., 1973
Watanabe, I.; Yokoyama, Y.; Ikeda, S., Lone pair ionization potentials of carboxylic acids determined by He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1973, 46, 1959. [all data]

Thomas, 1972
Thomas, R.K., Photoelectron spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded systems: spectra of monomers, dimers and mixed complexes of carboxylic acides, Proc. R. Soc. London A:, 1972, 331, 249. [all data]

Caldwell, Renneboog, et al., 1989
Caldwell, G.; Renneboog, R.; Kebarle, P., Gas Phase Acidities of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids, Based on Measurements of Proton Transfer Equilibria, Can. J. Chem., 1989, 67, 4, 661, https://doi.org/10.1139/v89-092 . [all data]

Jinfeng, Topsom, et al., 1988
Jinfeng, C.; Topsom, R.D.; Headley, A.D.; Koppel, I.; Mishima, M.; Taft, R.W.; Veji, S., Acidities of Substituted Acetic Acids, J. Mol. Struct., 1988, 168, 141, https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-1280(88)80349-X . [all data]

Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
Cumming, J.B.; Kebarle, P., Summary of gas phase measurements involving acids AH. Entropy changes in proton transfer reactions involving negative ions. Bond dissociation energies D(A-H) and electron affinities EA(A), Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 1. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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