Isoprene

• Formula: C₅H₈
• Molecular weight: 68.1170
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H8/c1-4-5(2)3/h4H,1-2H2,3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RRHGJUQNOFWUDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-79-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,3-Butadiene, 2-methyl-; β-Methylbivinyl; Isopentadiene; 2-Methyl-1,3-butadiene; 2-Methylbutadiene; CH2=C(CH3)CH=CH2; 2-Methylbuta-1,3-diene; 3-Methyl-1,3-butadiene; NSC 9237
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  • Henry's Law data
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  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

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

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Individual Reactions

C₅H₇^- +  =

By formula: C₅H₇^- + H⁺ = C₅H₈

=  + 

By formula: C₁₁H₈N₄ = C₆N₄ + C₅H₈

 +  =

By formula: C₆N₄ + C₅H₈ = C₁₁H₈N₄

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Ag⁺ + C₅H₈ = (Ag⁺ • C₅H₈)

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

References

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Fraser and Prosen, 1955
Fraser, F.M.; Prosen, E.J., Heats of combustion and isomerization of six pentadienes and spiropentane, J. Res. NBS, 1955, 54, 143-148. [all data]

Messerly J.F., 1970
Messerly J.F., Chemical thermodynamic properties of the pentadienes. Third law studies, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 227-232. [all data]

Thermodynamics Research Center, 1997
Thermodynamics Research Center, Selected Values of Properties of Chemical Compounds., Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997. [all data]

Compton D.A.C., 1977
Compton D.A.C., Conformations of conjugated hydrocarbons. Part 2. A spectroscopic and thermodynamic study of cis- and trans-penta-1,3-diene, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1977, 1311-1315. [all data]

Jessup, 1938
Jessup, R.S., Heat of combustion of isoprene, J. Res. NBS, 1938, 20, 589-597. [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]

Messerly, Todd, et al., 1970
Messerly, J.F.; Todd, S.S.; Guthrie, G.B., Chemical thermodynamic properties of the pentadienes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 227-232. [all data]

Warfield and Petree, 1965
Warfield, R.W.; Petree, M.C., Thermodynamic properties of natural rubber and isoprene, Die Makromol. Chemie, 1965, 84, 1-8. [all data]

Bekkedahl and Wood, 1937
Bekkedahl, N.; Wood, L.A., Entropy of isoprene from heat-capacity measurements, J. Res. NBS, 1937, 19, 551-558. [all data]

Messerly, Todd, et al., 1970, 2
Messerly, J.F.; Todd, S.S.; Guthrie, G.B., Chemical thermodynamic properties of the pentadienes. Third law studies., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 227-32. [all data]

Bekkedahl and Wood, 1937, 2
Bekkedahl, N.; Wood, L.A., Entropy of isoprene from heat-capacity measurements., J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1937, 19, 551. [all data]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Rogers, 1971
Rogers, F.E., Thermochemistry of the Diels-Alder reaction. I. Enthalpy of addition of isoprene to tetracyanoethylene, J. Phys. Chem., 1971, 75, 1734-1737. [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]

Osborn and Douslin, 1969
Osborn, Ann G.; Douslin, Donald R., Vapor pressure relations for the seven pentadienes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 2, 208-209, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60041a010 . [all data]

Forziati, Camin, et al., 1950
Forziati, A.F.; Camin, D.L.; Rossini, F.D., Density, refractive index, boiling point, and vapor pressure of eight monoolefin (1-alkene), six pentadiene, and two cyclomonoolefin hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1950, 45, 5, 406, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.045.044 . [all data]

Kuchinskaya, 1938
Kuchinskaya, K., Vapor pressures of pure substances, Sbornik Trudov Opytnogo Zavoda im. Akad. S. V. Lebedeva, 1938, 27-30. [all data]

Bekkedahl, Wood, et al., 1936
Bekkedahl, N.; Wood, L.A.; Wojciechowski, M., Some physical properties of isoprene, J. Res. NBS, 1936, 17, 883-894. [all data]

Gubkov, Fermor, et al., 1964
Gubkov, A.N.; Fermor, N.A.; Smirnov, N.I., Vapor Pressure of Mono-Poly Systems, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1964, 37, 2204-2210. [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]

Bartmess and McIver Jr., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; McIver Jr., The Gas Phase Acidity Scale in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, V. 2, M.T. Bowers, Ed., Academic Press, NY, 1979, Ch. 11, Elsevier, 1979. [all data]

Ho, Yang, et al., 1997
Ho, Y.-P.; Yang, Y.-C.; Klippenstein, S.J.; Dunbar, R.C., Binding Energies of Ag+ and Cd+ Complexes from Analysis of Radiative Association Kinetics, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1997, 101, 18, 3338, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9637284 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  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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